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Tailwind

29 Sep 2023

10 min read

 

 

Tailwind CSS is a popular utility-first CSS framework known for its simplicity and speed in web development. One of its standout features is its comprehensive and customizable font sizing system. Tailwind streamlines web development by providing predefined classes to style HTML elements. Among its extensive range of utilities, Tailwind also offers robust font sizing options, allowing developers to control text size. In similar fashion, you can enjoy the full code capability of Tailwind via PureCode.ai.

 

This article explores the various aspects of font sizing in Tailwind, from beginner usage (default settings) to responsive design and advanced topics like line clamping and font-weight adjustment.

Check out The Best way to create responsive design through Tailwind.

 

Areas of Font Sizes

There are three distinct areas of font sizes in Tailwind. They include;

 

Default font sizes

Custom font sizes

 

Responsive font sizes

 

Default

 

By default, Tailwind provides a set of text size classes that cover a wide range of font sizes, from text-xs (extra small) to text-6xl (extra large). These classes serve as a starting point for most projects and are designed for ease of use.

<p class="text-lg">This is a default large text.</p>

 

Custom

 

Tailwind allows you to customize font sizes according to your project’s design requirements. You can extend the default size scale in your project’s configuration file (tailwind.config.js), making it easy to create unique typographic styles.

// In tailwind.config.js module.exports = { theme: {

extend: { fontSize: {

'7xl': '5rem', // Add a custom font size

},

},

},

variants: {},

plugins: [],

}

 

Now you can use your custom size in your HTML:

 

<p class="text-7xl">This is a custom font size.</p>

 

Responsive

 

Tailwind excels in responsive web design. As a result, you can easily adjust font sizes for different screen sizes using responsive classes like sm:text-lg or lg:text-xl. It ensures that your typography looks good on all devices and not only medium screen sizes.

 

<p class="text-lg sm:text-xl lg:text-2xl">Responsive one</p>

 

How To Change the Text Size in Tailwind

You might be asking, how do I change the text size in tailwind?

 

Changing it in Tailwind is straightforward. Apply classes directly to your HTML elements. Tailwind provides classes from text-xs (extra small) to text-6xl (extra large), giving you a wide range of options. Here’s an example:

 

<p class="text-sm">This text has a large.</p>

 

The text lg font size gives a large text.

 

How To Make Font Size Responsive in Tailwind

Tailwind makes text size responsiveness a breeze. Adjust for different screen sizes, and add responsive variants classes to your text size classes (You can also use media queries). For example, sm:text-lg sets the text size to large on small screens and above.

<p class="text-sm sm:text-xl">Responsive one</p>

 

How To Customize Size in Tailwind: How do I change the font in tailwind?

Customizing font sizes in Tailwind is a common need for many projects. You can tailor the font sizes to your design by editing your project’s configuration file, typically named tailwind.config.js. So, in this file, you’ll find a theme section where you can customize text sizes. Here’s an example of how you can add a custom text size:

 

module.exports = { theme: {

extend: { fontSize: {

'7xl': '5rem', // Add a custom text size

},

},

},

variants: {},

plugins: [],

}

After adding this customization, you can use the new text size class in your HTML:

 

<p class="text-7xl">Custom one</p>

 

Font Size Scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailwind follows a carefully crafted font sizing scale that ensures consistency and visual harmony in your designs. The default scale is based on a ratio of 1.125, which means each step scale is 12.5% larger than the previous one. This scalable approach simplifies font sizing decisions and results in aesthetically pleasing typography. Here are code samples for using the default Tailwind CSS font sizing scale:

<!-- Extra Small -->

<p class="text-xs">Extra Small</p>

 

<!-- Small -->

<p class="text-sm">Small</p>

 

<!-- Base -->

<p class="text-base">Base</p>

 

<!-- Large -->

<p class="text-lg">Large</p>

 

<!-- Extra Large -->

<p class="text-xl">Extra Large</p>

 

<!-- 2xl (Custom Scale) -->

<p class="text-2xl">2xl</p>

 

<!-- 3xl (Custom Scale) -->

<p class="text-3xl">3xl</p>

 

<!-- 4xl (Custom Scale) -->

<p class="text-4xl">4xl</p>

 

To illustrate, here’s a summary of what’s happening in the provided HTML code:

 

<p> elements are used to display text with different font sizes.

 

Each <p> element has a class attribute containing a Tailwind class for specifying the font size.

 

The classes used for font sizes are Tailwind CSS’s predefined font size scale.

 

They include text-xs font(Extra Small), text-sm font size (Small), text-base (Base), text-lg (Large), and text-xl font size(Extra Large) for default font sizes.

Additionally, there are custom font sizes defined using text-2xl, text-3xl, and text-4xl based on Tailwind CSS’s custom font size scale.

 

Font Size Utilities

Tailwind CSS -fontsize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Font Size Utilities with Line Height

 

In addition to font size classes, Tailwind