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.
Leave a gift in your will and help future generations.
<p class="text-center text-sm-start text-lg-end border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">Leave a gift in your will and help future generations.</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: Leave a gift in your will and help future generations.
</div>
<span class="badge text-bg-primary text-wrap text-start">text-wrap badge: Leave a gift in your will and help future generations.</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">
Start in minutes and get help from a real person whenever you need it. Monthly gifts let us plan ahead and respond quickly when disaster strikes.
</div>
<span class="d-inline-block text-truncate border rounded-3 p-2" style="max-width:150px">Together we can change lives</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">pixel-deck-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>6Text transform
text-lowercase, text-uppercase and text-capitalize.
<div class="d-grid gap-1">
<span class="text-lowercase">Stand with families in need</span> <span class="text-uppercase">Stand with families in need</span> <span class="text-capitalize">flexible idea clear plan</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.
Local partners know their communities and make sure help arrives where it matters. fst-normal inside Powerful dashboard friendly
<p class="fst-italic mb-0">Local partners know their communities and make sure help arrives where it matters. <span class="fst-normal fw-semibold">fst-normal inside</span> Powerful dashboard friendly</p>10Line height
lh-1, lh-sm, lh-base and lh-lg on the same paragraph.
lh-1Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.
lh-smClean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.
lh-baseClean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.
lh-lgClean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.
<div class="row g-3 small">
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-1</code>
<p class="lh-1 mb-0">Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-sm</code>
<p class="lh-sm mb-0">Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-base</code>
<p class="lh-base mb-0">Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-lg</code>
<p class="lh-lg mb-0">Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities. Ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to the projects you support.</p>
</div>
</div>11Monospace
font-monospace for IDs, codes and figures that should line up.
- #ORD-5841 $208.73
- #TX-7354 $980.49
- #PO-6580 $656.33
<ul class="list-unstyled mb-0 font-monospace small">
<li>#ORD-5841 $208.73</li>
<li>#TX-7354 $980.49</li>
<li>#PO-6580 $656.33</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.
Our annual report is independently audited and published in full.
Volunteers give their time in schools, shelters and food banks every week.
<div>
<p class="lead">Our annual report is independently audited and published in full.</p>
<p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">Volunteers give their time in schools, shelters and food banks every week.</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.
Real help, where it is needed most
<header>
<div class="text-uppercase small fw-bold text-primary">
Education
</div>
<h3 class="fs-2 fw-bold lh-sm text-body-emphasis mb-2">Real help, where it is needed most</h3>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
By <span class="fw-medium">Ivy Novak</span> · Sep 26, 2025
</div>
</header>16Truncated table cells
text-truncate with a max width keeps long names in one line inside a table.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| process-powerful-final-version-approved.pdf | 6 MB |
| dashboard-Denver-photos-2026-05-21.zip | 198 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">process-powerful-final-version-approved.pdf</td>
<td class="text-end">6 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-truncate">dashboard-Denver-photos-2026-05-21.zip</td>
<td class="text-end">198 MB</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>17Quote typography
fs-5, fst-italic and lh-lg for a calm testimonial.
“We have helped more than two hundred thousand people since we started.”
<figure class="mb-0">
<blockquote class="fs-5 fst-italic lh-lg mb-2"><p class="mb-0">“We have helped more than two hundred thousand people since we started.”</p></blockquote>
<figcaption class="small fw-semibold text-uppercase">Priya Rossi</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">Every donation makes a difference</button>19Highlight and marks
mark highlights a search term inside text; fw-semibold emphasises numbers.
Found 55 results for idea in Education.
<p class="mb-0">Found <span class="fw-semibold">55</span> results for <mark>idea</mark> in Education.</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">
$18.05
</div>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
per month, billed yearly
</div>
</div>