Bootstrap Text and Typography

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🅱️ Bootstrap Text & Typography – Complete Guide

Bootstrap Typography provides predefined classes to style text, headings, alignment, colors, and emphasis easily—without writing custom CSS.

📌 Works with Bootstrap 4 & 5 (minor differences).

1️⃣ What is Bootstrap Typography?

Bootstrap typography:

  • Styles headings, paragraphs, lists

  • Provides text utility classes

  • Ensures responsive & consistent text

  • Improves readability & UI design

2️⃣ Headings in Bootstrap ⭐

Bootstrap styles normal HTML headings automatically.



 

📌 Sizes decrease from h1 → h6.

3️⃣ Display Headings ⭐⭐ (Very Important)

Used for hero sections & banners.



 

✔ Bigger than normal headings
✔ Interview favorite

4️⃣ Paragraph Text

Bootstrap improves default paragraph styling.

<p>This is a normal paragraph.</p>

Lead Paragraph ⭐

<p class="lead">This is a lead paragraph.</p>

✔ Makes text stand out

5️⃣ Text Alignment Classes ⭐



 

📌 Responsive versions:

<p class="text-md-center">Center on medium screens</p>

6️⃣ Text Transform Classes ⭐



 

7️⃣ Font Weight & Style ⭐



 

📌 Bootstrap 5 uses fw-* instead of font-weight-*.

8️⃣ Text Color Utilities ⭐



 

✔ Very common in alerts & UI messages

9️⃣ Inline Text Elements ⭐



 

🔟 Blockquotes ⭐



 

✔ Used for quotes & testimonials

1️⃣1️⃣ Lists Styling ⭐



 

1️⃣2️⃣ Text Wrapping & Overflow ⭐⭐



 

1️⃣3️⃣ Bootstrap Typography vs Custom CSS ⭐

Feature Bootstrap Custom CSS
Speed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
Consistency ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐
Flexibility ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Beginner friendly ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

❌ Common Mistakes

❌ Mixing Bootstrap 4 & 5 classes
❌ Overusing custom CSS
❌ Ignoring responsive text utilities
❌ Using <br> instead of spacing classes

📌 Interview Questions & MCQs

Q1. Which class creates large hero text?

A) text-large
B) display-1
C) h1-big
D) text-xl

✅ Answer: B

Q2. Which class centers text?

A) align-center
B) text-middle
C) text-center
D) center-text

✅ Answer: C

Q3. Bootstrap 5 bold text class?

A) font-weight-bold
B) fw-bold
C) text-bold
D) bold

✅ Answer: B

Q4. Which class truncates text?

A) text-hide
B) text-overflow
C) text-truncate
D) truncate

✅ Answer: C

🔥 Real-Life Use Cases

✔ Website headings
✔ Blog content
✔ Landing pages
✔ Dashboards
✔ Admin panels

✅ Summary

  • Bootstrap typography makes text styling easy & fast

  • Use display headings for banners

  • Text utilities handle alignment, color, weight

  • Responsive text classes are powerful

  • Must-know topic for Bootstrap interviews

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