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Typography

Use typography to present your design and content as clearly and efficiently as possible.

Too many type sizes and styles at once can spoil any layout. A typographic scale has a limited set of type sizes that work well together along with the layout grid.

General

The Roboto font will not be automatically loaded by Material-UI. You are responsible for loading any fonts used in your application. Roboto Font has a few easy ways to get started. For more advanced configuration, check out the theme customization section.

Roboto Font CDN

Shown below is a sample link markup used to load the Roboto font from a CDN:

<link
  rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700&display=swap"
/>

Install with npm

You can install it by typing the below command in your terminal:

npm install @fontsource/roboto

Then, you can import it in your entry-point.

import '@fontsource/roboto/300.css';
import '@fontsource/roboto/400.css';
import '@fontsource/roboto/500.css';
import '@fontsource/roboto/700.css';

For more info check out Fontsource.

Fontsource can be configured to load specific subsets, weights and styles. Material-UI default typography configuration only relies on 300, 400, 500, and 700 font weights.

Component

The Typography component makes it easy to apply a default set of font weights and sizes in your application.

h1. Heading
h2. Heading
h3. Heading
h4. Heading
h5. Heading
h6. Heading
subtitle1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quos blanditiis tenetur
subtitle2. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quos blanditiis tenetur

body1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quos blanditiis tenetur unde suscipit, quam beatae rerum inventore consectetur, neque doloribus, cupiditate numquam dignissimos laborum fugiat deleniti? Eum quasi quidem quibusdam.

body2. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quos blanditiis tenetur unde suscipit, quam beatae rerum inventore consectetur, neque doloribus, cupiditate numquam dignissimos laborum fugiat deleniti? Eum quasi quidem quibusdam.

button textcaption textoverline text

Theme

In some situations you might not be able to use the Typography component. Hopefully, you might be able to take advantage of the typography keys of the theme.

This div's text looks like that of a button.
<Div>{"This div's text looks like that of a button."}</Div>

Changing the semantic element

The Typography component uses the variantMapping prop to associate a UI variant with a semantic element. It's important to realize that the style of a typography component is independent from the semantic underlying element.

  • You can change the underlying element for a one-off situation with the component prop:
{
  /* There is already an h1 in the page, let's not duplicate it. */
}
<Typography variant="h1" component="h2">
  h1. Heading
</Typography>;

const theme = createTheme({
  components: {
    MuiTypography: {
      defaultProps: {
        variantMapping: {
          h1: 'h2',
          h2: 'h2',
          h3: 'h2',
          h4: 'h2',
          h5: 'h2',
          h6: 'h2',
          subtitle1: 'h2',
          subtitle2: 'h2',
          body1: 'span',
          body2: 'span',
        },
      },
    },
  },
});

Adding & disabling variants

In addition to using the default typography variants, you can add custom ones, or disable any you don't need. See the Adding & disabling variants example for more info.

System props

As a CSS utility component, the Typography supports all system properties. You can use them as prop directly on the component. For instance, a margin-top:

<Typography mt={2}>

Accessibility

A few key factors to follow for an accessible typography:

API