github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography @v0.5.20 sqlite

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The official Tailwind CSS Typography plugin provides a set of prose classes you can use to add beautiful typographic defaults to any vanilla HTML you don’t control, like HTML rendered from Markdown, or pulled from a CMS.

<article class="prose lg:prose-xl">{{ markdown }}</article>

To see what it looks like in action, check out our live demo on Tailwind Play.

Installation

Install the plugin from npm:

npm install -D @tailwindcss/typography

Then add the plugin to your main style.css file:

  @import "tailwindcss";
+ @plugin "@tailwindcss/typography";

If you are still using Tailwind CSS v3, add the plugin to your tailwind.config.js file:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    // ...
  },
  plugins: [
    require('@tailwindcss/typography'),
    // ...
  ],
}

Basic usage

Now you can use the prose classes to add sensible typography styles to any vanilla HTML:

<article class="prose lg:prose-xl">
  <h1>Garlic bread with cheese: What the science tells us</h1>



    For years parents have espoused the health benefits of eating garlic bread with cheese to their
    children, with the food earning such an iconic status in our culture that kids will often dress
    up as warm, cheesy loaf for Halloween.






    But a recent study shows that the celebrated appetizer may be linked to a series of rabies cases
    springing up around the country.




</article>

Choosing a gray scale

This plugin includes a modifier class for each of the five gray scales Tailwind includes by default so you can easily style your content to match the grays you're using in your project.

<article class="prose prose-slate">{{ markdown }}</article>

Here are the classes that are generated using a totally default Tailwind CSS v2.0 build:

Modifier classes are designed to be used with the multi-class modifier pattern and must be used in conjunction with the base prose class.

[!NOTE] Always include the prose class when adding a gray scale modifier

<article class="prose prose-stone">{{ markdown }}</article>

To learn about creating your own color themes, read the adding custom color themes documentation.

Applying a type scale

Size modifiers allow you to adjust the overall size of your typography for different contexts.

<article class="prose prose-xl">{{ markdown }}</article>

Five different typography sizes are included out of the box:

These can be used in combination with Tailwind's breakpoint modifiers to change the overall font size of a piece of content at different viewport sizes:

<article class="prose md:prose-lg lg:prose-xl">{{ markdown }}</article>

Everything about the provided size modifiers has been hand-tuned by professional designers to look as beautiful as possible, including the relationships between font sizes, heading spacing, code block padding, and more.

Size modifiers are designed to be used with the multi-class modifier pattern and must be used in conjunction with the base prose class.

[!NOTE] Always include the prose class when adding a size modifier

<article class="prose prose-lg">{{ markdown }}</article>

To learn about customizing the included type scales, read the documentation on customizing the CSS.

Adapting to dark mode

Each default color theme includes a hand-designed dark mode version that you can trigger by adding the prose-invert class:

<article class="prose dark:prose-invert">{{ markdown }}</article>

To learn about creating your own color themes, read the adding custom color themes documentation.

Element modifiers

Use element modifiers to customize the style of individual elements in your content directly in your HTML:

<article class="prose prose-img:rounded-xl prose-headings:underline prose-a:text-blue-600">
  {{ markdown }}
</article>

This makes it easy to do things like style links to match your brand, add a border radius to images, and tons more.

Here's a complete list of available element modifiers:

When stacking these modifiers with other modifiers like hover, you most likely want the other modifier to come last:

<article class="prose prose-a:text-blue-600 prose-a:hover:text-blue-500">{{ markdown }}</article>

If you are still using in Tailwind CSS v3, the modifier order is the opposite:

<article class="prose prose-a:text-blue-600 hover:prose-a:text-blue-500">{{ markdown }}</article>

Read the Tailwind CSS documentation on stacked modifiers to learn more.

Overriding max-width

Each size modifier comes with a baked in max-width designed to keep the content as readable as possible. This isn't always what you want though, and sometimes you'll want the content to just fill the width of its container.

In those cases, all you need to do is add max-w-none to your content to override the embedded max-width:

    <article class="prose max-w-none">{{ markdown }}</article>

Advanced topics

Undoing typography styles

If you have a block of markup embedded in some content that shouldn't inherit the prose styles, use the not-prose class to sandbox it:

<article class="prose">
  <h1>My Heading</h1>


...













...



</article>

Note that you can't nest new prose instances within a not-prose block at this time.

Even when using a prefix for your utilities not-prose should not have a prefix.

Adding custom color themes

To customize the color theme beyond simple CSS overrides, add a @utility directive to your CSS file:

@utility prose-pink {
  --tw-prose-body: var(--color-pink-800);
  --tw-prose-headings: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-lead: var(--color-pink-700);
  --tw-prose-links: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-bold: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-counters: var(--color-pink-600);
  --tw-prose-bullets: var(--color-pink-400);
  --tw-prose-hr: var(--color-pink-300);
  --tw-prose-quotes: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-quote-borders: var(--color-pink-300);
  --tw-prose-captions: var(--color-pink-700);
  --tw-prose-code: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-pre-code: var(--color-pink-100);
  --tw-prose-pre-bg: var(--color-pink-900);
  --tw-prose-th-borders: var(--color-pink-300);
  --tw-prose-td-borders: var(--color-pink-200);
  --tw-prose-invert-body: var(--color-pink-200);
  --tw-prose-invert-headings: var(--color-white);
  --tw-prose-invert-lead: var(--color-pink-300);
  --tw-prose-invert-links: var(--color-white);
  --tw-prose-invert-bold: var(--color-white);
  --tw-prose-invert-counters: var(--color-pink-400);
  --tw-prose-invert-bullets: var(--color-pink-600);
  --tw-prose-invert-hr: var(--color-pink-700);
  --tw-prose-invert-quotes: var(--color-pink-100);
  --tw-prose-invert-quote-borders: var(--color-pink-700);
  --tw-prose-invert-captions: var(--color-pink-400);
  --tw-prose-invert-code: var(--color-white);
  --tw-prose-invert-pre-code: var(--color-pink-300);
  --tw-prose-invert-pre-bg: rgb(0 0 0 / 50%);
  --tw-prose-invert-th-borders: var(--color-pink-600);
  --tw-prose-invert-td-borders: var(--color-pink-700);
}

For Tailwind v3, update the typography section in the JavaScript config file and provide your colors under the css key:

js {{ filename: 'tailwind.config.js' }} /** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */ module.exports = { theme: { extend: { typography: () => ({ pink: { css: { '--tw-prose-body': 'var(--color-pink-800)', '--tw-prose-headings': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-lead': 'var(--color-pink-700)', '--tw-prose-links': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-bold': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-counters': 'var(--color-pink-600)', '--tw-prose-bullets': 'var(--color-pink-400)', '--tw-prose-hr': 'var(--color-pink-300)', '--tw-prose-quotes': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-quote-borders': 'var(--color-pink-300)', '--tw-prose-captions': 'var(--color-pink-700)', '--tw-prose-code': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-pre-code': 'var(--color-pink-100)', '--tw-prose-pre-bg': 'var(--color-pink-900)', '--tw-prose-th-borders': 'var(--color-pink-300)', '--tw-prose-td-borders': 'var(--color-pink-200)', '--tw-prose-invert-body': 'var(--color-pink-200)', '--tw-prose-invert-headings': 'var(--color-white)', '--tw-prose-invert-lead': 'var(--color-pink-300)', '--tw-prose-invert-links': 'var(--color-white)', '--tw-prose-invert-bold': 'var(--color-white)', '--tw-prose-invert-counters': 'var(--color-pink-400)', '--tw-prose-invert-bullets': 'var(--color-pink-600)', '--tw-prose-invert-hr': 'var(--color-pink-700)', '--tw-prose-invert-quotes': 'var(--color-pink-100)', '--tw-prose-invert-quote-borders': 'var(--color-pink-700)', '--tw-prose-invert-captions': 'var(--color-pink-400)', '--tw-prose-invert-code': 'var(--color-white)', '--tw-prose-invert-pre-code': 'var(--color-pink-300)', '--tw-prose-invert-pre-bg': 'rgb(0 0 0 / 50%)', '--tw-prose-invert-th-borders': 'var(--color-pink-600)', '--tw-prose-invert-td-borders': 'var(--color-pink-700)', }, }, }), }, }, }

See our internal style definitions for some more examples.

Changing the default class name

If you need to use a class name other than prose for any reason, you can do so using the className option when registering the plugin:

```css @import 'tailwi