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Typography API

The API documentation of the Typography React component. Learn more about the props and the CSS customization points.

Import

import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
// or
import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';

You can learn more about the difference by reading this guide.

Props

Name Type Default Description
align 'inherit'
| 'left'
| 'center'
| 'right'
| 'justify'
'inherit' Set the text-align on the component.
children node The content of the component.
classes object Override or extend the styles applied to the component. See CSS API below for more details.
color 'initial'
| 'inherit'
| 'primary'
| 'secondary'
| 'textPrimary'
| 'textSecondary'
| 'error'
'initial' The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component.
component elementType The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a DOM element or a component. By default, it maps the variant to a good default headline component.
display 'initial'
| 'block'
| 'inline'
'initial' Controls the display type
gutterBottom bool false If true, the text will have a bottom margin.
noWrap bool false If true, the text will not wrap, but instead will truncate with a text overflow ellipsis.
Note that text overflow can only happen with block or inline-block level elements (the element needs to have a width in order to overflow).
paragraph bool false If true, the text will have a bottom margin.
variant 'h1'
| 'h2'
| 'h3'
| 'h4'
| 'h5'
| 'h6'
| 'subtitle1'
| 'subtitle2'
| 'body1'
| 'body2'
| 'caption'
| 'button'
| 'overline'
| 'srOnly'
| 'inherit'
'body1' Applies the theme typography styles.
variantMapping object { h1: 'h1', h2: 'h2', h3: 'h3', h4: 'h4', h5: 'h5', h6: 'h6', subtitle1: 'h6', subtitle2: 'h6', body1: 'p', body2: 'p',} We are empirically mapping the variant prop to a range of different DOM element types. For instance, subtitle1 to <h6>. If you wish to change that mapping, you can provide your own. Alternatively, you can use the component prop.

The ref is forwarded to the root element.

Any other props supplied will be provided to the root element (native element).

CSS

  • Style sheet name: MuiTypography.
  • Style sheet details:
Rule name Global class Description
root .MuiTypography-root Styles applied to the root element.
body2 .MuiTypography-body2 Styles applied to the root element if variant="body2".
body1 .MuiTypography-body1 Styles applied to the root element if variant="body1".
caption .MuiTypography-caption Styles applied to the root element if variant="caption".
button .MuiTypography-button Styles applied to the root element if variant="button".
h1 .MuiTypography-h1 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h1".
h2 .MuiTypography-h2 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h2".
h3 .MuiTypography-h3 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h3".
h4 .MuiTypography-h4 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h4".
h5 .MuiTypography-h5 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h5".
h6 .MuiTypography-h6 Styles applied to the root element if variant="h6".
subtitle1 .MuiTypography-subtitle1 Styles applied to the root element if variant="subtitle1".
subtitle2 .MuiTypography-subtitle2 Styles applied to the root element if variant="subtitle2".
overline .MuiTypography-overline Styles applied to the root element if variant="overline".
srOnly .MuiTypography-srOnly Styles applied to the root element if variant="srOnly". Only accessible to screen readers.
alignLeft .MuiTypography-alignLeft Styles applied to the root element if align="left".
alignCenter .MuiTypography-alignCenter Styles applied to the root element if align="center".
alignRight .MuiTypography-alignRight Styles applied to the root element if align="right".
alignJustify .MuiTypography-alignJustify Styles applied to the root element if align="justify".
noWrap .MuiTypography-noWrap Styles applied to the root element if nowrap={true}.
gutterBottom .MuiTypography-gutterBottom Styles applied to the root element if gutterBottom={true}.
paragraph .MuiTypography-paragraph Styles applied to the root element if paragraph={true}.
colorInherit .MuiTypography-colorInherit Styles applied to the root element if color="inherit".
colorPrimary .MuiTypography-colorPrimary Styles applied to the root element if color="primary".
colorSecondary .MuiTypography-colorSecondary Styles applied to the root element if color="secondary".
colorTextPrimary .MuiTypography-colorTextPrimary Styles applied to the root element if color="textPrimary".
colorTextSecondary .MuiTypography-colorTextSecondary Styles applied to the root element if color="textSecondary".
colorError .MuiTypography-colorError Styles applied to the root element if color="error".
displayInline .MuiTypography-displayInline Styles applied to the root element if display="inline".
displayBlock .MuiTypography-displayBlock Styles applied to the root element if display="block".

You can override the style of the component thanks to one of these customization points:

If that's not sufficient, you can check the implementation of the component for more detail.

Demos