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Component name: <v-text>

Using a consistent typographic scale and a limited set of spacing values is widely regarded as good practices in visual design. This is enforced via this component.

Examples

Basic

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<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="1" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="2" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="3" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="4" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="5" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="6" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="8" tag="span">aA</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="9" tag="span">aA</v-text>
</div>
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Semantics and appearance

In the example below it's clear semantics and appearance are separated. Different tags can have the same appearance. This allows you to think about semantics and appearance seperately.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="h1" bold>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="span" bold>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="div" bold>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
</div>
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Different header levels with same appearance:

Header level 1 (h1)

Header level 2 (h2)

Header level 3 (h3)

<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="h1" bold>Header level 1</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="h2" bold>Header level 2</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="7" tag="h3" bold>Header level 3</v-text>
</div>
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Utility classes

For different styles and behavior you can apply utility classes.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="3" class="text-primary">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="3" class="text-secondary text-center">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
  <v-text font-size="3" class="text-right">The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</v-text>
</div>
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Content

v-text supports child content / components.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed sodales, nibh eget venenatis vulputate, magna nisi tempus mi, nec congue ante lectus sed purus.

Mauris consequat iaculis feugiat. Integer scelerisque condimentum urna, eu suscipit velit. In id nibh enim. Sed non rutrum velit. Suspendisse nec lorem eget dolor bibendum posuere. Sed tincidunt dolor sed nibh vestibulum, vitae molestie nibh lacinia. Phasellus sed ornare libero. Ut ac rhoncus tortor. Curabitur tempor enim ligula, sit amet vehicula ante egestas a. Donec et sollicitudin erat, sed pharetra libero. Aliquam quis ipsum non urna sollicitudin consequat.

<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="3">
    <p>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed sodales, nibh eget venenatis vulputate, magna nisi tempus mi, nec congue ante lectus sed purus.
    </p>
    <p>
      Mauris consequat iaculis feugiat. Integer scelerisque condimentum urna, eu suscipit velit. In id nibh enim. Sed non rutrum velit. Suspendisse nec lorem eget dolor bibendum posuere. Sed tincidunt dolor sed nibh vestibulum, vitae molestie nibh lacinia. Phasellus sed ornare libero. Ut ac rhoncus tortor. Curabitur tempor enim ligula, sit amet vehicula ante egestas a. Donec et sollicitudin erat, sed pharetra libero. Aliquam quis ipsum non urna sollicitudin consequat.
    </p>
  </v-text>
</div>
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Responsiveness

Utilize font-md-size and font-lg-size for responsive typography scaling.

Resize browser

<div class="app">
  <v-text font-size="5" font-md-size="7" font-lg-size="8" tag="h1" bold>Resize browser</v-text>
</div>
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Scale

The type scale consists of 9 sizes.

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API

Name Type Description Default
tag String Changes the underlying HTML element.

Valid value: HTML element
div
font-size Number Defines the size of the text.

Valid values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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font-md-size Number A breakpoint specific version of font-size -
font-lg-size Number A breakpoint specific version of font-size -
bold Boolean Defines bold characters false
italic Boolean Defines italic font style. false

Notice

All other properties that are not defined above, will be passed to the component as html attributes. This is especially useful for adding the class attribute.