Bootstrap includes dozens of utilities—classes with a single purpose. They're designed to keep the number of declarations in your CSS down while allowing for quick and easy development.
### Text alignment
Easily realign text to components with text alignment classes.
{% example html %}
<pclass="text-left">Left aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-center">Center aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-right">Right aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-justify">Justified text.</p>
<pclass="text-nowrap">No wrap text.</p>
{% endexample %}
### Text transform
Transform text in components with text capitalization classes.
{% example html %}
<pclass="text-lowercase">Lowercased text.</p>
<pclass="text-uppercase">Uppercased text.</p>
<pclass="text-capitalize">Capitalized text.</p>
{% endexample %}
### Contextual colors
Convey meaning through color with a handful of emphasis utility classes. These may also be applied to links and will darken on hover just like our default link styles.
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### Quick floats
### Floats
Float an element to the left or right with a class. `!important` is included to avoid specificity issues. Classes can also be used as mixins.
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### Center content blocks
### Center content
Set an element to `display: block;` and center via `margin`. Available as a mixin and class.
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### Screen readers and keyboard navigation
### Screen readers
Hide an element to all devices **except screen readers** with `.sr-only`. Combine `.sr-only` with `.sr-only-focusable` to show the element again when it's focused (e.g. by a keyboard-only user). Necessary for following [accessibility best practices](../getting-started/#accessibility). Can also be used as mixins.
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## Alignment classes
Easily realign text to components with text alignment classes.
{% example html %}
<pclass="text-left">Left aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-center">Center aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-right">Right aligned text.</p>
<pclass="text-justify">Justified text.</p>
<pclass="text-nowrap">No wrap text.</p>
{% endexample %}
## Transformation classes
Transform text in components with text capitalization classes.
{% example html %}
<pclass="text-lowercase">Lowercased text.</p>
<pclass="text-uppercase">Uppercased text.</p>
<pclass="text-capitalize">Capitalized text.</p>
{% endexample %}
## Abbreviations
Stylized implementation of HTML's `<abbr>` element for abbreviations and acronyms to show the expanded version on hover. Abbreviations with a `title` attribute have a light dotted bottom border and a help cursor on hover, providing additional context on hover and to users of assistive technologies.