Type Scale🔗

We use a global type scale for our web UI to help us ensure brand consistency. The global type scale follows a numeric rhythm and offers a range of text sizes. The Text component can render different typescale variants with their own sub-styles. These are for use cases where you may need to render a link, or emphasise a portion of text. It will also render different HTML elments based on the variant and sub-style chosen. On top of that, some of those type scales behave differently on different screen sizes where they render different font-size or line-height.

To help visualize the different options, the following visualizer component displays information about the typescale variants and allows switching sub-styles and breakpoints.

Each of the blocks can be expanded for more information.





Variant

peary

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
500
Size
3rem(48px)
Line height
1.08
Element
H1

yang

Family
Volvo Broad
Weight
400
Size
2.5rem(40px)
Line height
1
Element
P

cook

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
500
Size
2rem(32px)
Line height
1.13
Element
H2

ootah

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
1.5rem(24px)
Line height
1.17
Element
H3

hillary

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
1.25rem(20px)
Line height
1.4
Element
P

columbus

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
1rem(16px)
Line height
1.5
Element
P
amundsen
Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
500
Size
1rem(16px)
Line height
1.5
Element
SPAN

kelly

Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
0.875rem(14px)
Line height
1.57
Element
P
bates
Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
0.75rem(12px)
Line height
1.67
Element
SMALL
Family
Volvo Novum
Weight
300
Size
0.5rem(8px)
Line height
2
Element
P

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