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.
We measure success by how many donors come back and tell their friends.
<p class="text-center text-sm-start text-lg-end border rounded-3 p-2 mb-0">We measure success by how many donors come back and tell their friends.</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: We measure success by how many donors come back and tell their friends.
</div>
<span class="badge text-bg-primary text-wrap text-start">text-wrap badge: We measure success by how many donors come back and tell their friends.</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">
We have helped more than two hundred thousand people since we started. Clean water wells are built with and maintained by local communities.
</div>
<span class="d-inline-block text-truncate border rounded-3 p-2" style="max-width:150px">Join a community that cares</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">pixelera-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</p>6Text transform
text-lowercase, text-uppercase and text-capitalize.
<div class="d-grid gap-1">
<span class="text-lowercase">Real help, where it is needed most</span> <span class="text-uppercase">Real help, where it is needed most</span> <span class="text-capitalize">bright plan elegant 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.
Volunteers give their time in schools, shelters and food banks every week. fst-normal inside Bright routine flexible
<p class="fst-italic mb-0">Volunteers give their time in schools, shelters and food banks every week. <span class="fst-normal fw-semibold">fst-normal inside</span> Bright routine flexible</p>10Line height
lh-1, lh-sm, lh-base and lh-lg on the same paragraph.
lh-1Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.
lh-smClear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.
lh-baseClear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.
lh-lgClear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.
<div class="row g-3 small">
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-1</code>
<p class="lh-1 mb-0">Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-sm</code>
<p class="lh-sm mb-0">Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-base</code>
<p class="lh-base mb-0">Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-md-3">
<code>lh-lg</code>
<p class="lh-lg mb-0">Clear prices, honest advice and no surprises along the way. Thousands of donors already trust us, and we work hard to keep it that way.</p>
</div>
</div>11Monospace
font-monospace for IDs, codes and figures that should line up.
- #ORD-8441 $753.39
- #ORD-7692 $910.20
- #INV-8867 $518.19
<ul class="list-unstyled mb-0 font-monospace small">
<li>#ORD-8441 $753.39</li>
<li>#ORD-7692 $910.20</li>
<li>#INV-8867 $518.19</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.
Start in minutes and get help from a real person whenever you need it.
We listen first, then build a plan around what you actually need.
<div>
<p class="lead">Start in minutes and get help from a real person whenever you need it.</p>
<p class="small text-body-secondary mb-0">We listen first, then build a plan around what you actually need.</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.
Small acts, big impact
<header>
<div class="text-uppercase small fw-bold text-primary">
Relief
</div>
<h3 class="fs-2 fw-bold lh-sm text-body-emphasis mb-2">Small acts, big impact</h3>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
By <span class="fw-medium">Liam Rossi</span> · Sep 30, 2025
</div>
</header>16Truncated table cells
text-truncate with a max width keeps long names in one line inside a table.
| Name | Size |
|---|---|
| journey-bright-final-version-approved.pdf | 7 MB |
| launch-Seoul-photos-2026-06-11.zip | 877 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">journey-bright-final-version-approved.pdf</td>
<td class="text-end">7 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-truncate">launch-Seoul-photos-2026-06-11.zip</td>
<td class="text-end">877 MB</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>17Quote typography
fs-5, fst-italic and lh-lg for a calm testimonial.
“You receive photos and updates showing exactly what your donation achieved.”
<figure class="mb-0">
<blockquote class="fs-5 fst-italic lh-lg mb-2"><p class="mb-0">“You receive photos and updates showing exactly what your donation achieved.”</p></blockquote>
<figcaption class="small fw-semibold text-uppercase">Lucas Alvarez</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">Change one life, change a community</button>19Highlight and marks
mark highlights a search term inside text; fw-semibold emphasises numbers.
Found 60 results for project in Health.
<p class="mb-0">Found <span class="fw-semibold">60</span> results for <mark>project</mark> in Health.</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">
$49.83
</div>
<div class="small text-body-secondary">
per month, billed yearly
</div>
</div>