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Typography

v2.0.0-beta.1

This component provides standard typographic styles for the platform.

Usage Guidelines

Every instance of text should use a type style defined in this component. If you find a use case not covered by the styles here, make a request to modify this component. (Keeping all type styles in a single component makes it easy to maintain and update them.)

Features

  • Single collection of all typographic styles
  • Label styles for UI messages
  • Title styles for UI headings
  • Copy styles for content
  • Inline styles (links, super/sub-script, etc.)
  • Meets accessibility contrast requirements

Font Stacks

All textual elements use the following font stacks:

font-family: 'Open Sans', Calibri, 'Helvetica Neue', Tahoma, sans-serif;
font-family: Monaco, 'Lucida Console', monospace;

Labels

Much of the typography used in a web application consists of short names, labels, or single line bits of content. For example, in Console the course tile displays information like instructor names and course dates with labels.

Size Variants

There are four different sizes of label, Basic, Small, Large, and Bold:

Labels should primarily be used in single line scenarios. Make a particular effort to avoid using bold labels in a multi-line manner.

The four label sizes

Color Variants

The default label color is Dark Gray. Additional colors include:

  • Medium Gray 1
  • Charcoal
  • Black
  • Red
  • Green

Standard colors

Inverse colors

Allowed Inline Elements

In general, labels should not be styled beyond the basic styles listed above. If necessary, stick to the following list of inline elements.

  • <em>, <i>
  • <a>
  • <small>
  • <time>
  • <abbr>

Titles

Titles are very similar to labels except they demarcate a logical section or container of content. In the previous example, the course name would be a title.

Titles come in two types, Page and Section. Page titles typically only appear once per page and are designed to name the current page. Section titles are designed to name the modular components that might make up a page.

Page titles

Sizes

Page titles come in two sizes, Basic and Small.

Standard page title sizes.

Section titles

Sizes

There are four different sizes of section title: Basic, Small, Large, and Extra Large.

Standard title sizes, multiline versions, and the responsive sizes used when the viewport is narrower.

Allowed Inline Elements

In general, titles should not be styled beyond the basic styles listed above. If necessary, stick to the following list of inline elements.

  • <em>, <i>
  • <small>
  • <time>
  • <abbr>

Copy

When you have a chunk of content to display, use one of these styles.

Basic Body

Most regular content will use the Basic Body style.

Lists

Both ordered and unordered lists are supported with a nesting depth of three. These should be used to present content within a copy block, not for UI elements.

Code

Blocks of code (typically <pre> tags) are styled on a dark background. (See also the inline elements <code> and <kbd>.)

Allowed Inline Elements

Copy is more flexible in this regard that labels or titles. You can include any of the inline elements covered by this component.

Headings

Headings pair with copy styles to delineate sections within blocks of content. They should not be used for UI elements (see titles instead).

There are six different levels available and should be used in order.

These headings don’t change size as the viewport narrows.

Inline Elements

There are a number of inline elements which can be used to modify the other type styles (see the list of allowed inline elements for each type style).

Basic Elements

  • <a>
  • <em>, <i>
  • <strong>, <b>
  • <u>
  • <del>, <s>
  • <ins>
  • <q>
  • <sub>, <sup>
  • <mark>
  • <code>, <kbd>

Non-visible Elements

Some inline elements should be used only for semantic reasons and don’t effect the visual style. These include:

  • <small> (note: this element is used to represent side-comments and small print, including copyright and legal text, independent of its styled presentation)
  • <time>
  • <abbr>

Redlines

Labels

Sizes

Small
  • 13px font-size
  • 15px line-height
Basic
  • 14px font-size
  • 16px line-height
Large
  • 16px font-size
  • 18px line-height
Bold
  • 14px font-size
  • 16px line-height
  • bold font-weight
Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
Basic Label [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-basic-label)
Small Label [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-small-label)
Large Label [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-large-label)
Bold Label [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-bold-label)

Colors

Primary (Light)
Secondary (Light)
Primary (Dark)
Secondary (Dark)
Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
Primary Label Color [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-primary-label-color)
Secondary Label Color [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-secondary-label-color)
Inverse Primary Label Color [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-inverse-primary-label-color)
Inverse Secondary Label Color [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-inverse-secondary-label-color)

Titles

Sizes

Basic
  • 22px font-size
  • 28px line-height
Large
  • 24px font-size
  • 30px line-height
XL
  • 30px font-size
  • 36px line-height

At extra small viewports:

Basic
  • 18px font-size
  • 22px line-height
Large
  • 20px font-size
  • 24px line-height
XL
  • 22px font-size
  • 28px line-height

Color

All titles are colored Pitch (#231f20).

Regular title sizes

Title sizes for narrow viewports (< 480px)

Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
Basic Title [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-basic-title)
Large Title [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-large-title)
XL Title [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-xl-title)

Copy

Basic Body

Font
  • 16px font-size
  • 22px line-height
Color
  • Charcoal
Margins:
  • Adjacent paragraphs are separated by 12px
  • Leave top/bottom padding for a block of p tags up to the consumer
Small Size
Font
  • 14px font-size
  • 20px line-height

Standard body copy

Smaller body copy used for narrower line length

Lists

These lists should be used to communicate content within a copy block, not as UI elements.

Font
  • Inherit the containing body copy
Spacing
  • 12px above and below a list
  • 6px between list items
  • Lists that immediately follow a header should contribute no top margin
Padding
  • The first level of a list has 26px of left padding
  • Sublists have 20px of padding

Code

Font
  • Monospace font stack
  • 14px font-size
  • 20px line-height
Color
Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
Basic Body [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-basic-body)
Small Body [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-small-body)
Lead [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-lead)
Ordered List [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-ordered-list)
Unordered List [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-unordered-list)
Code [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-code)

Headings

Fonts

Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6

Spacing

Header that follows a header
  • 6px margin
  • 40px if top header is Level 1
Header that follows content
  • 20px margin

Margins can be customized to meet a layout if necessary.

Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
Heading Level 1 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-1)
Heading Level 2 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-2)
Heading Level 3 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-3)
Heading Level 4 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-4)
Heading Level 5 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-5)
Heading Level 6 [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-heading-level-6)

Inline Elements

<small>, <time>, <abbr>
  • Same as the ‘Basic Text’ label
<a>
<mark>
<em>, <i>
  • italic font-style
<strong>, <b>
  • bold font-weight
<del>, <s>
<ins>
  • underline text-decoration
  • cap with ‘+’ symbol
<sup>
  • vertical-align: baseline
  • position: relative
  • top: 0.2em
  • font-size: 90%
<sub>
  • vertical-align: baseline
  • position: relative
  • top: -0.2em
  • font-size: 90%
<q>
  • cap with quotes from user’s locale
<code>, <kbd>
Available Styles Reference As (How do I use this?)
small, time, abbr tags [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-small-time-abbr-tags)
Links [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-links)
Highlighted Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-highlighted-text)
Italic Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-italic-text)
Bold Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-bold-text)
Deleted Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-deleted-text)
Inserted Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-inserted-text)
Superscript, Subscript [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-superscript-subscript)
Inline Quoted Text [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-inline-quoted-text)
code, kbd tags [](/design/c/typography/v2.0.0-beta.1/#rd-code-kbd-tags)

Changelog

2.0.0-beta.1

  • CHANGED: Font family and size to match rebrand aesthetic

1.0.0

Initial version