Text

Import

import { Text } from '@contentful/f36-components';
//or
import { Text } from '@contentful/f36-typography';

Examples

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function TextBasicExample() {
  return <Text>I love Forma 36 design system.</Text>;
}
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You can pass all basic font related parameters as properties of the component.

Changing the font size

To increase the font size of the text, you can pass the fontSize property. Notice, that by default Text component has no margins.

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function TextFontSizeExample() {
  return (
    <Stack flexDirection="column">
      <Text fontSize="fontSize4Xl" lineHeight="lineHeight4Xl">
        (4xl) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSize3Xl" lineHeight="lineHeight3Xl">
        (3xl) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSize2Xl" lineHeight="lineHeight2Xl">
        (2xl) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSizeXl" lineHeight="lineHeightXl">
        (xl) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSizeL" lineHeight="lineHeightL">
        (l) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSizeM" lineHeight="lineHeightM">
        (m) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
      <Text fontSize="fontSizeS" lineHeight="lineHeightS">
        (s) I love Forma 36 design system.
      </Text>
    </Stack>
  );
}
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Changing the font color

To increase the font color of the text, you can pass the fontColor properties. You can use only colors allowed by Forma 36 color palette.

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function TextColorsExample() {
  return (
    <Stack flexDirection="column">
      <Text fontColor="blue500">I love Forma 36 design system.</Text>
      <Text fontColor="red500">I love Forma 36 design system.</Text>
      <Text fontColor="gray900">I love Forma 36 design system.</Text>
    </Stack>
  );
}
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as property

To override the element that gets rendered, pass the as property.

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function TextPolymorphicExample() {
  return (
    <Stack flexDirection="column">
      <Text marginBottom="spacingM" as="i">
        Italic
      </Text>
      <Text marginBottom="spacingM" as="u">
        Underline
      </Text>
      <Text marginBottom="spacingM" as="del">
        Deleted
      </Text>
      <Text marginBottom="spacingM" as="s">
        Strike Through
      </Text>
    </Stack>
  );
}
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Truncated

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function TextTruncateExample() {
  return (
    <Text isTruncated as="div">
      Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and
      publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups.
    </Text>
  );
}
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