Text - Grid System

Headings

Headings are an important part of the document structure. You can restyle them to compliment the grid layout.

Headings and class names
Class Example
Default style

H2's display like this

H3's display like this

H4's display like this

H5's display like this
H6's display like this

Add a background colour to a heading. Refer to: Background colours

Font Size

Font size options
Class Details Example
font-xxsmall Extra-extra small font (50%) Resulting text size
font-xsmall Extra small font (70%) Resulting text size
font-small Small font (85%) Resulting text size
font-medium Medium (100%) = default size Resulting text size
font-large Large (120%) = same size as an h3 Resulting text size
font-xlarge Extra large (130%) = same size as an h2 Resulting text size
font-xxlarge Extra-extra large font (170%) Resulting text size

Lists

List styling options
Class Example
default <ol>
  1. First level list item defaults to Arabic numerals.
    1. Second level list item defaults to lower-level alpha.
      1. Third level list item defaults to lower-level Roman numerals.
list-bullet-none List without bullets
  • First level list without bullets.
  • First level list without bullets.
    • Second level list without bullets.
List with manually inserted Arabic numerals. Avoid using this style, as it is difficult to maintain, and difficult for users to scan for information.
  • 1. First level list item.
    • 1.1. Second level list item.
      • 1.1.1 Third level list item.
  • 2. First level list item.
List with manually inserted Roman numerals (and acronym tags). Avoid using this style, as it is difficult to maintain, and difficult for users to scan for information.
  • I. First level list item.
    • i.i. Second level list item.
    • i.ii. Second level list item.
    • i.iii. Second level list item.
    • i.iv. Second level list item.
  • II. First level list item.
list-lower-alpha
  1. First level list item defaults to lower-case alpha.
    1. Second level list item also defaults to lower-case alpha. Use a class to override this default setting — to avoid confusing the user.
      1. Third level list item defaults to lower-case Roman numerals.
list-upper-alpha
  1. First level list item defaults to upper-case alpha
    1. Second level list item defaults to lower-case alpha.
      1. Third level list item defaults to lower-case Roman numerals.
  2. First level list item defaults to upper-case alpha.
list-lower-roman
  1. First list item defaults to lower-case Roman numerals.
  2. First level list item defaults to lower-case Roman numerals.
    1. Second level list item defaults to lower-case alpha.
      1. Third level list item defaults back to lower-case Roman numeral. Use a class to override this default setting — to avoid confusing the user.
list-upper-roman
  1. First level list item defaults to uppercase Roman numerals.
  2. First level list item defaults to upper-case Roman numerals.
    1. Second level list item defaults to lower-case alpha.
      1. Third level list item defaults to lower-case Roman numeral.
list-numeric
  1. First level list item
    1. Second level list item
    2. Second level list item
      1. Third level list item
      2. Third level list item
  2. First level list item
wet-boew-zebra

This style has limitations and works best within the module-comment

  • First level list item
  • First level list item
  • First level list item
  • First level list item

Blockquote

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blockquote.float-left

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wrap-none class

This class prevents content from splitting over multiple lines. Use it mainly when writing something such as a date, phone number or mathematical equation, as this ensures they are easy to read. For example:

<span class="wrap-none">January 1, 2010</span>

Font family

Choose to alternate between serif or sans-serif fonts.

Serif test text here

Sans-serif test text here

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<p class="font-serif">Serif test text here</p>
<p class="font-sans-serif">Sans-serif test text here</p>