Template:Chapter heading/doc

This template is for creating chapter headings (or titles) with some standard formatting. You may use either {{Chapter heading}} or the shorter {{ch}}.

Usage

Defaults

• Font size: 120% (equal to {{larger}})
• Text alignment: center
• Small caps: no
• Uppercase: yes
• Top margin: 2em
• Bottom margin: inherited

Uppercase?

Uppercase text, especially in headings, is generally a typographic/stylistic choice, not a statement of emphasis. It is therefore better to type titles in title case and use CSS (via {{uc}} or this template) to style it.

Basic template

This template is without the optional parameters.

{{ch|Content}}

Full template

This template includes all optional parameters, except for the extra CSS styling parameter. Note that you may need to delete unused parameters for the template to work correctly.

Labeled:

{{ch|fontsize=|align=|sc=|uc=|margintop=|marginbottom=|Content}}

Parameters

• 1: Content.
• 2 or fontsize: Size of the font, defined in %, em, px, pt, in or cm. See W3Schools for more possible definitions. Default: 120%
• 3 or align: Text alignment. left, center, right, justify. Default: center
• 4 or sc: Small caps. Use sc=yes for small caps. Cancels out uppercase effect. Default: null
• 5 or uc: Uppercase. Use uc=no for text as written. If sc=yes, then this parameter will be null. Default: uppercase
• 6 or margintop: Margin above the heading, defined in %, em, px, pt, in or cm. Default: 2em
• 7 or marginbottom: Margin below the heading, defined in %, em, px, pt, in or cm. Default: null
• style: CSS, which will override any styles defined before it. Remember to use semicolons to end statements.

Examples

Default

{{ch|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Bold and italics

Use can single quotes to define italics and bold as your normally would. (Or, if you know the CSS, you can use that as well.)

Bold

{{ch|'''The Wind at the Back of the House.'''}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Italics

{{ch|''The Wind at the Back of the House.''}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Bold italics

{{ch|'''''The Wind at the Back of the House.'''''}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Font size

{{ch|fontsize=200%|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Alignment

{{ch|align=left|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Small caps

{{ch|sc=yes|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produce:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

No uppercase

{{ch|uc=no|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Top and bottom margins (changed)

Text before
{{ch|margintop=1em|marginbottom=3em|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}
Text after

Produces:

Text before

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Text after

Styling with CSS

{{ch|sc=yes|style=background-color:black; color:white; border:10px outset gray;|'''The Wind at the Back of the House.'''}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

{{ch|uc=no|style=border-bottom:1px solid black|'''The Wind at the Back of the House.'''}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

{{ch|sc=yes|style=font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;|The Wind at the Back of the House.}}

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.