Text
Text utilities handle alignment (with responsive variants), wrapping, truncation, breaking, transforms, font size, weight and style, line height, monospace and decoration. Combine them to build headings, meta lines and price tags without touching CSS.
1Text alignment
text-start, text-center and text-end.
text-start
text-center
text-end
<div class="d-grid gap-2 small">
<p class="text-start border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">text-start</p>
<p class="text-center border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">text-center</p>
<p class="text-end border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">text-end</p>
</div>2Responsive alignment
text-center text-sm-start text-lg-end changes alignment per breakpoint.
Our free shipping makes decisions quicker and clearer at a fair price.
<p class="text-center text-sm-start text-lg-end border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">Our free shipping makes decisions quicker and clearer at a fair price.</p>3Wrap and no wrap
text-nowrap keeps text on one line, text-wrap allows wrapping (for example inside a badge).
<div class="d-grid gap-2" style="max-width:14rem">
<div class="border rounded-3 p-2 text-nowrap overflow-hidden small">
text-nowrap: Our free shipping makes decisions quicker and clearer at a fair price.
</div>
<span class="badge text-bg-primary text-wrap text-start">text-wrap badge: Our free shipping makes decisions quicker and clearer at a fair price.</span>
</div>4Truncate
text-truncate cuts a single line with an ellipsis; it needs a block or inline-block with a width.
<div class="d-grid gap-2" style="max-width:18rem">
<div class="text-truncate border rounded-3 p-2">
Our live order tracking helps your work organised in just a few clicks. Our free shipping gives time back in your day without the usual hassle.
</div>
<span class="d-inline-block text-truncate border rounded-3 p-2" style="max-width:150px">New season, new favourites</span>
</div>5Break long words
text-break wraps very long strings that have no spaces.
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<p class="text-break border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0 small" style="max-width:18rem">brand-name-9-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>6Text transform
text-lowercase, text-uppercase and text-capitalize.
<div class="d-grid gap-1">
<span class="text-lowercase">Shop the collection everyone talks about</span> <span class="text-uppercase">Shop the collection everyone talks about</span> <span class="text-capitalize">clear routine bright process</span>
</div>7Font sizes
fs-1 to fs-6 set the size without changing the element.
fs-1
fs-2
fs-3
fs-4
fs-5
fs-6
<div>
<p class="fs-1 mb-0">fs-1</p>
<p class="fs-2 mb-0">fs-2</p>
<p class="fs-3 mb-0">fs-3</p>
<p class="fs-4 mb-0">fs-4</p>
<p class="fs-5 mb-0">fs-5</p>
<p class="fs-6 mb-0">fs-6</p>
</div>8Font weights
fw-bold, fw-bolder, fw-semibold, fw-medium, fw-normal, fw-light and fw-lighter.
<div class="d-grid gap-1">
<span class="fw-bold">fw-bold</span><span class="fw-bolder">fw-bolder</span><span class="fw-semibold">fw-semibold</span> <span class="fw-medium">fw-medium</span><span class="fw-normal">fw-normal</span><span class="fw-light">fw-light</span><span class="fw-lighter">fw-lighter</span>
</div>9Italic and normal
fst-italic slants text, fst-normal resets it inside italic parents.
A honest idea turns time back in your day without the usual hassle. fst-normal inside Smart release flexible
<p class="fst-italic mb-0">A honest idea turns time back in your day without the usual hassle. <span class="fst-normal fw-semibold">fst-normal inside</span> Smart release flexible</p>10Line height
lh-1, lh-sm, lh-base and lh-lg on the same paragraph.
lh-1This honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.
lh-smThis honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.
lh-baseThis honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.
lh-lgThis honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.
<div class="row g-3 small">
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-1</code>
<p class="lh-1 mb-0">This honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-sm</code>
<p class="lh-sm mb-0">This honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-base</code>
<p class="lh-base mb-0">This honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-lg</code>
<p class="lh-lg mb-0">This honest idea gives customers coming back wherever you are. The new member prices guides results you can measure from the very first day.</p>
</div>
</div>11Monospace
font-monospace for IDs, codes and figures that should line up.
- #INV-7814 $68.54
- #INV-4612 $899.38
- #PO-1806 $391.97
<ul class="list-unstyled mb-0 font-monospace small">
<li>#INV-7814 $68.54</li>
<li>#INV-4612 $899.38</li>
<li>#PO-1806 $391.97</li>
</ul>12Text decoration
text-decoration-underline, -line-through and -none.
<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-3">
<span class="text-decoration-underline">underline</span> <span class="text-decoration-line-through">line-through</span> <a href="#" class="text-decoration-none">link without underline</a>
</div>13Lead and small
lead for an intro paragraph, small for fine print.
The new secure payments connects results you can measure wherever you are.
Our loyalty rewards lets data easy to understand at a fair price.
<div>
<p class="lead">The new secure payments connects results you can measure wherever you are.</p>
<p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">Our loyalty rewards lets data easy to understand at a fair price.</p>
</div>14Display headings
display-1 to display-6 for oversized hero headings.
display-4
display-5
display-6
<div>
<p class="display-4 mb-0">display-4</p>
<p class="display-5 mb-0">display-5</p>
<p class="display-6 mb-0">display-6</p>
</div>15Article header
Uppercase eyebrow, large bold title, muted meta line - all text utilities.
Everyday essentials, beautifully made
<header>
<div class="text-uppercase small fw-bold text-primary">
Apparel
</div>
<h3 class="fs-2 fw-bold lh-sm text-body-emphasis mb-2">Everyday essentials, beautifully made</h3>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
By <span class="fw-medium">Tariq Haddad</span> · Dec 23, 2025
</div>
</header>16Truncated table cells
text-truncate with a max width keeps long names in one line inside a table.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| experience-simple-final-version-approved.pdf | 34 MB |
| routine-Denver-photos-2026-08-25.zip | 797 MB |
<table class="table table-sm small mb-0" style="table-layout:fixed">
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Name</th>
<th scope="col" class="text-end" style="width:6rem">Size</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="text-truncate">experience-simple-final-version-approved.pdf</td>
<td class="text-end">34 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-truncate">routine-Denver-photos-2026-08-25.zip</td>
<td class="text-end">797 MB</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>17Quote typography
fs-5, fst-italic and lh-lg for a calm testimonial.
“The new secure payments lets time back in your day from the very first day.”
<figure class="mb-0">
<blockquote class="fs-5 fst-italic lh-lg mb-2"><p class="mb-0">“The new secure payments lets time back in your day from the very first day.”</p></blockquote>
<figcaption class="small fw-semibold text-uppercase">Amara Morgan</figcaption>
</figure>18Long button label
text-wrap on a button lets a long label wrap on narrow screens.
<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-primary text-wrap" style="max-width:14rem">Quality goods delivered to your door</button>19Highlight and marks
mark highlights a search term inside text; fw-semibold emphasises numbers.
Found 47 results for workflow in Beauty.
<p class="mb-0">Found <span class="fw-semibold">47</span> results for <mark>workflow</mark> in Beauty.</p>20Centred pricing text
text-center with fs-1, fw-bold and lh-1 for a plan price.
<div class="text-center border rounded-4 p-4" style="max-width:16rem">
<div class="text-uppercase small fw-semibold text-body-secondary">
Pro
</div>
<div class="fs-1 fw-bold lh-1 my-2">
$45.02
</div>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
per month, billed yearly
</div>
</div>