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Icon size

The icon size class sets the font-size and line-height properties of icons. It controls the size of gcds-icons.

Overview

CSS Shortcut class Applied style 
icon-h1
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h1);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h1);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h1-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h1-mobile);
}

icon-h2
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h2);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h2);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h2-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h2-mobile);
}

icon-h3
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h3);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h3);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h3-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h3-mobile);
}

icon-h4
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h4);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h4);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h4-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h4-mobile);
}

icon-h5
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h5);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h5);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h5-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h5-mobile);
}

icon-h6
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-h6);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h6);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-h6-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-h6-mobile);
}

icon-text
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-text);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-text);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-text-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-text-mobile);
}

icon-text-small
 
font-size: var(--gcds-font-sizes-text-small);
line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-text-small);


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: var(--gcds font sizes-text-small-mobile);
  line-height: var(--gcds-line-heights-text-small-mobile);
}

icon-inherit
 
font-size: inherit;
line-height: inherit;


@media only screen and (width < 48em) {
  font-size: inherit;
  line-height: inherit;
}

Examples

H1
icon-h1

This icon matches the H1 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h1"></span> This icon matches the H1 font size and line height.
</p>

H2
icon-h2

This icon matches the H2 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h2"></span> This icon matches the H2 font size and line height.
</p>

H3
icon-h3

This icon matches the H3 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h3"></span> This icon matches the H3 font size and line height.
</p>

H4
icon-h4

This icon matches the H4 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h4"></span> This icon matches the H4 font size and line height.
</p>

H5
icon-h5

This icon matches the H5 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h5"></span> This icon matches the H5 font size and line height.
</p>

H6
icon-h6

This icon matches the H6 font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-h6"></span> This icon matches the H6 font size and line height.
</p>

Text
icon-text

This icon matches the text font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-text"></span> This icon matches the text font size and line height.
</p>

Small text
icon-small-text

This icon matches the small text font size and line height.

<p>
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-small-text"></span> This icon matches the small text font size and line height.
</p>

Inherit
icon-inherit

This icon inherits the small text font size and line height from the parent.

<p class="font-text-small">
  <span class="gcds-icon-info-circle icon-inherit"></span> This icon inherits the small text font size and line height from the parent.
</p>

Conditional styling Apply this style to specific screen sizes Use a responsive layout prefix to apply this class only to a specified screen size. The available breakpoints are:

  • xs: > 480px
  • sm: > 640px
  • md: > 768px
  • lg: > 1024px
  • xl: > 1280px
  
<div class="xs:icon-text ...">
  ...
</div>

Learn more about the responsive layout prefix.

2025-10-01