Text
Text
Full documentation: https://webawesome.com/docs/utilities/text
CSS Utilities Text
Text utility classes use custom properties from your Web Awesome theme and other standard CSS properties to style text elements on the fly.
The classes on this page cover the most common needs: picking a size and weight for body copy, styling headings, aligning paragraphs, truncating overflow, and changing font color. Every class is built on your theme’s typography tokens, so switching themes or tweaking your type scale updates the whole site at once.
Body
Use wa-body-* classes to style the main content of your pages. Each class specifies a font-size that corresponds to a font size token from your theme.
3xs and 2xs fall below typical legibility. It’s best to keep their use to non-essential UI only (e.g. labels, metadata) to maintain accessibility.
Alternatively, use wa-body to apply the same styling without an explicit font size.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-body-3xs` |
| `wa-body-2xs` |
| `wa-body-xs` |
| `wa-body-s` |
| `wa-body-m` |
| `wa-body-l` |
| `wa-body-xl` |
| `wa-body-2xl` |
| `wa-body-3xl` |
| `wa-body-4xl` |
| `wa-body-5xl` |
Headings
Use wa-heading-* classes to style section titles and headings in your content. Each class specifies a font-size that corresponds to a font size token from your theme.
Alternatively, use wa-heading to apply the same styling without an explicit font size.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-heading-3xs` |
| `wa-heading-2xs` |
| `wa-heading-xs` |
| `wa-heading-s` |
| `wa-heading-m` |
| `wa-heading-l` |
| `wa-heading-xl` |
| `wa-heading-2xl` |
| `wa-heading-3xl` |
| `wa-heading-4xl` |
| `wa-heading-5xl` |
Captions
Use wa-caption-* classes to style descriptions or auxiliary text in your content. Each class specifies a font-size that corresponds to a font size token from your theme.
Alternatively, use wa-caption to apply the same styling without an explicit font size.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-caption-3xs` |
| `wa-caption-2xs` |
| `wa-caption-xs` |
| `wa-caption-s` |
| `wa-caption-m` |
| `wa-caption-l` |
| `wa-caption-xl` |
| `wa-caption-2xl` |
| `wa-caption-3xl` |
| `wa-caption-4xl` |
| `wa-caption-5xl` |
Longform
Use wa-longform-* classes to style lengthy content like essays or blog posts. Each class specifies a font-size that corresponds to a font size token from your theme.
Alternatively, use wa-longform to apply the same styling without an explicit font size.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-longform-3xs` |
| `wa-longform-2xs` |
| `wa-longform-xs` |
| `wa-longform-s` |
| `wa-longform-m` |
| `wa-longform-l` |
| `wa-longform-xl` |
| `wa-longform-2xl` |
| `wa-longform-3xl` |
| `wa-longform-4xl` |
| `wa-longform-5xl` |
Links
Use wa-link to give interactive text a link-like appearance. Alternatively, use wa-link-plain to remove typical link styles from <a> elements.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-link` |
| `wa-link-plain` |
Lists
Ordered (<ol>) and unordered (<ul>) lists are given default styles by either Web Awesome’s native styles or your browser. Use wa-list-plain to clear any built-in list styles.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-list-plain` |
Form Controls
Use wa-form-control-* classes to style labels, values, placeholders, and hints outside of typical form control contexts with form control tokens from your theme.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-form-control-label` |
| `wa-form-control-value` |
| `wa-form-control-placeholder` |
| `wa-form-control-hint` |
Font Size
Use single-purpose wa-font-size-* classes to apply a given font size from your theme to any element without additional styling.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-font-size-3xs` |
| `wa-font-size-2xs` |
| `wa-font-size-xs` |
| `wa-font-size-s` |
| `wa-font-size-m` |
| `wa-font-size-l` |
| `wa-font-size-xl` |
| `wa-font-size-2xl` |
| `wa-font-size-3xl` |
| `wa-font-size-4xl` |
| `wa-font-size-5xl` |
Font Weight
Use single-purpose wa-font-weight-* classes to apply a given font weight from your theme to any element without additional styling.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-font-weight-light` |
| `wa-font-weight-normal` |
| `wa-font-weight-semibold` |
| `wa-font-weight-bold` |
Text Color
Use single-purpose wa-color-text-* classes to apply a given text color from your theme to any element without additional styling.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-color-text-quiet` |
| `wa-color-text-normal` |
| `wa-color-text-link` |
Wrapping
Use wa-text-wrap-* classes to control how text wraps across lines. These utilities apply standard CSS text-wrap values.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-text-wrap-nowrap` |
| `wa-text-wrap-balance` |
| `wa-text-wrap-pretty` |
wa-text-wrap-pretty is wrapped in an @supports rule because Firefox does not yet support text-wrap: pretty. In unsupported browsers, the class has no effect and text wraps normally.
Truncation
Use the wa-text-truncate class to truncate text with an ellipsis instead of letting it overflow or wrap.
| Class Name |
|---|
| `wa-text-truncate` |