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.
Career coaches help with your CV, portfolio and interview practice.
<p class="text-center text-sm-start text-lg-end border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">Career coaches help with your CV, portfolio and interview practice.</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: Career coaches help with your CV, portfolio and interview practice.
</div>
<span class="badge text-bg-primary text-wrap text-start">text-wrap badge: Career coaches help with your CV, portfolio and interview practice.</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">
Friendly people answer your questions quickly, by phone, chat or email. Start in minutes and get help from a real person whenever you need it.
</div>
<span class="d-inline-block text-truncate border rounded-3 p-2" style="max-width:150px">Master a new skill this season</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">haloara-kit-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>6Text transform
text-lowercase, text-uppercase and text-capitalize.
<div class="d-grid gap-1">
<span class="text-lowercase">Short courses, real results</span> <span class="text-uppercase">Short courses, real results</span> <span class="text-capitalize">focused launch secure team</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.
Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. fst-normal inside Fast process calm
<p class="fst-italic mb-0">Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. <span class="fst-normal fw-semibold">fst-normal inside</span> Fast process calm</p>10Line height
lh-1, lh-sm, lh-base and lh-lg on the same paragraph.
lh-1Earn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.
lh-smEarn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.
lh-baseEarn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.
lh-lgEarn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.
<div class="row g-3 small">
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-1</code>
<p class="lh-1 mb-0">Earn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-sm</code>
<p class="lh-sm mb-0">Earn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-base</code>
<p class="lh-base mb-0">Earn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-lg</code>
<p class="lh-lg mb-0">Earn a certificate at the end of each course and share it with employers. The mobile app downloads lessons, so you can learn on the train.</p>
</div>
</div>11Monospace
font-monospace for IDs, codes and figures that should line up.
- #INV-6791 $727.90
- #PO-9718 $136.67
- #TX-1076 $785.25
<ul class="list-unstyled mb-0 font-monospace small">
<li>#INV-6791 $727.90</li>
<li>#PO-9718 $136.67</li>
<li>#TX-1076 $785.25</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.
Thousands of students already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.
Learn on your schedule, with lessons that fit into a lunch break.
<div>
<p class="lead">Thousands of students already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.</p>
<p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">Learn on your schedule, with lessons that fit into a lunch break.</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.
Knowledge that moves you forward
<header>
<div class="text-uppercase small fw-bold text-primary">
Development
</div>
<h3 class="fs-2 fw-bold lh-sm text-body-emphasis mb-2">Knowledge that moves you forward</h3>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
By <span class="fw-medium">Diego Carter</span> · Sep 11, 2025
</div>
</header>16Truncated table cells
text-truncate with a max width keeps long names in one line inside a table.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| project-modern-final-version-approved.pdf | 38 MB |
| story-Vancouver-photos-2025-12-06.zip | 463 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">project-modern-final-version-approved.pdf</td>
<td class="text-end">38 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-truncate">story-Vancouver-photos-2025-12-06.zip</td>
<td class="text-end">463 MB</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>17Quote typography
fs-5, fst-italic and lh-lg for a calm testimonial.
“We keep things simple, so you can focus on what matters to you.”
<figure class="mb-0">
<blockquote class="fs-5 fst-italic lh-lg mb-2"><p class="mb-0">“We keep things simple, so you can focus on what matters to you.”</p></blockquote>
<figcaption class="small fw-semibold text-uppercase">Priya Fischer</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">Your next career starts here</button>19Highlight and marks
mark highlights a search term inside text; fw-semibold emphasises numbers.
Found 53 results for community in Development.
<p class="mb-0">Found <span class="fw-semibold">53</span> results for <mark>community</mark> in Development.</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">
$35.96
</div>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
per month, billed yearly
</div>
</div>