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W3.CSS Typography


Easy to Read

W3.CSS pages are easy to read, even for people with slight reading disabilities.

  • All fonts used are easy readable 15px sans-serif fonts
  • The standard font (Verdana) has a very good letter spacing
  • The standard line-spacing (1.5) is also very good

HTML Headings <h1> - <h6>

By default w3.css styles HTML headings this way:

Example

<h1>Heading 1 (36px)</h1>

<h2>Heading 2 (30px)</h2>

<h3>Heading 3 (24px)</h3>

<h4>Heading 4 (20px)</h4>

<h5>Heading 5 (18px)</h5>
<h6>Heading 6 (16px)</h6>
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Font-Size Classes

Headings should be used for what they are: Headings.

With W3.CSS, font sizes can be set by classes:

Example

w3-tiny
w3-small
w3-medium (Default)
w3-large
w3-xlarge
w3-xxlarge
w3-xxxlarge
w3-jumbo
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Overriding the Standards

Overriding the W3.CSS standards is very easy.

You got at least three simple options:

  1. Override the standard in the <head> section of your page
  2. Add your own CSS file after W3.CSS
  3. Download and change the content of the W3.CSS file

Override in<head>

h1{font-size:64px;}
h2{font-size:48px;}
h3{font-size:36px;}
h4{font-size:24px;}
h5{font-size:20px;}
h6{font-size:18px;}
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Add your own CSS

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3schools.com/lib/w3.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="myStyle.css">

Change W3.CSS

h1{font-size:36px} h2{font-size:30px} h3{font-size:24px} h4{font-size:20px} h5{font-size:18px} h6{font-size:16px}