# Typography

{% hint style="info" %}
For demonstrative purposes, this tutorial uses an AbstractCard to make the text examples clearer. A better way to achieve the same results would be to use a [Kirigami Addons FormCard](https://github.com/Neshama1/develop-kde-org/blob/master/docs/getting-started/kirigami/addons-introduction/README.md).
{% endhint %}

### Headings

Kirigami provides a [Heading](docs:kirigami2;Heading) that can be used for page or section titles.

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Kirigami Heading"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: ColumnLayout {
                anchors.fill: parent
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    text: "Heading level 1"
                    level: 1
                }
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    text: "Heading level 2"
                    level: 2
                }
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    text: "Heading level 3"
                    level: 3
                }
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    text: "Heading level 4"
                    level: 4
                }
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    text: "Heading level 5"
                    level: 5
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Five headings with different levels for size comparison](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c7f4c33fe3a7e1f195d5172054949c4308f110c7%2Fheading.webp?alt=media)

### Labels

Text elements should use the [Label](docs:qtquickcontrols;QtQuick.Controls.Label) component from QtQuick Controls 2.

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Controls Label"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: Controls.Label {
                    text: "My text"
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Heading and lorem ipsum text aligned to the horizontal center](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ca327cbab2df21423fdfd37a9dd5a048337b05b5%2Flabel.webp?alt=media)

### Text Alignment

You can align your text elements using the [horizontalAlignment](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qml-qtquick-text.html#horizontalAlignment-prop) and [verticalAlignment](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qml-qtquick-text.html#verticalAlignment-prop) properties.

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Controls Horizontal Center"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: ColumnLayout {
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
                    text: "Welcome to my application"
                    wrapMode: Text.Wrap
                }
                Controls.Label {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
                    text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante."
                    wrapMode: Text.Wrap
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Heading and lorem ipsum text aligned to the horizontal center](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d653094d1f756cea96e8477f0ed833410ec142e2%2Falignment-horizontal1.webp?alt=media)

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Horizontal Align Right"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: ColumnLayout {
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
                    text: "Welcome to my application"
                    wrapMode: Text.Wrap
                }
                Controls.Label {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
                    text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante."
                    wrapMode: Text.Wrap
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Heading and lorem ipsum text using right-aligned text](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-61fdfedc3beeeda0c648e768ede60970c25df374%2Falignment-horizontal2.webp?alt=media)

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Bottom and Top"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: ColumnLayout {
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    Layout.fillHeight: true
                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignBottom
                    text: "Welcome to my application"
                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                }
                Controls.Label {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    Layout.fillHeight: true
                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
                    text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante."
                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Heading with bottom vertical alignment and lorem ipsum text with top vertical alignment](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f375176637e031303f00d4dc0433ae8c78157380%2Falignment-vertical1.webp?alt=media)

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Top and Bottom"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: ColumnLayout {
                Kirigami.Heading {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    Layout.fillHeight: true
                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
                    text: "Welcome to my application"
                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                }
                Controls.Label {
                    Layout.fillWidth: true
                    Layout.fillHeight: true
                    verticalAlignment: Text.AlignBottom
                    text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer posuere erat a ante."
                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![Heading with top vertical alignment and lorem ipsum text with bottom vertical alignment](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ae7d7ba81b7da5d852c95066f6354541ee49708d%2Falignment-vertical2.webp?alt=media)

### Rich Text

QML allows you to display (and edit) rich text. The behavior can be controlled via the [textFormat](https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qml-qtquick-text.html#textFormat-prop) property.

```qml
import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Layouts
import QtQuick.Controls as Controls
import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami

Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
    title: "Controls Label with rich text"
    height: 400
    width: 400

    pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
        Kirigami.AbstractCard {
            anchors.fill: parent
            contentItem: Controls.Label {
                text: "<p><strong>List of fruits to purchase</strong></p>
                <ul>
                <li>Apple</li>
                <li>Cherry</li>
                <li>Orange</li>
                <li><del>Banana</del></li>
                </ul>
                <p>Kris already got some bananas yesterday.</p>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```

![A Label containing a list of fruits using HTML tags like paragraph, unordered lists and bold fonts](https://2854466518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YSWk59V1RtNco6tGNDq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-df20c7a189a8d84d5908db41156322154eb6dae3%2Frich-text.webp?alt=media)

### Theme

The font size of the [Kirigami.Theme](docs:kirigami2;Kirigami::Platform::PlatformTheme) is available as `Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize` in your application.