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Applies styling to text. Usually you don’t need it (plain strings work fine). 
// Plain string - no Text needed
<Paragraph>Hello world</Paragraph>

// With styling - use Text
<Paragraph>
  Hello <Text className="font-bold text-blue-600">world</Text>
</Paragraph>

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When to use Text

Don’t need it: 
<Paragraph>Just plain text</Paragraph>
<H1>Plain heading</H1>
Need it: 
<Paragraph>
  Mix of <Text className="font-bold">bold</Text> and normal
</Paragraph>
Rule: only wrap in <Text> when you need to apply classes.

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Props

PropTypeDescription
childrenReactNodeText content
classNamestringTailwind classes

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Styling

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Font weight

<Text className="font-bold">Bold</Text>
<Text className="font-extrabold">Extra bold</Text>

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Font style

<Text className="italic">Italic</Text>
<Text className="underline">Underlined</Text>
<Text className="line-through">Strikethrough</Text>

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Colors

<Text className="text-red-500">Red text</Text>
<Text className="text-blue-700">Dark blue</Text>
<Text className="bg-yellow-200">Highlighted</Text>

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Sizes

<Text className="text-xs">Extra small</Text>
<Text className="text-sm">Small</Text>
<Text className="text-base">Base</Text>
<Text className="text-lg">Large</Text>
<Text className="text-2xl">2XL</Text>

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Font family

<Text className="font-serif">Serif font</Text>
<Text className="font-mono">Monospace</Text>

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Caps

<Text className="uppercase">ALL CAPS</Text>
<Text className="capitalize">Small Caps</Text>

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Super/subscript

<Paragraph>
  H<Text className="align-sub text-xs">2</Text>O
</Paragraph>

<Paragraph>
  E = mc<Text className="align-super text-xs">2</Text>
</Paragraph>

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Formatting shortcuts

Instead of <Text className="font-bold">, use shortcuts: 
<Bold>Bold text</Bold>
<Italic>Italic text</Italic>
<Underline>Underlined text</Underline>
<Strike>Strikethrough</Strike>
Combine them: 
<Bold>
  <Italic>Bold and italic</Italic>
</Bold>

<Bold className="text-red-500">Bold and red</Bold>

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Combining styles

<Paragraph>
  <Text className="text-2xl font-bold text-blue-700">Big bold blue</Text>
  <Text className="text-sm text-gray-500"> (with small gray note)</Text>
</Paragraph>

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Auto-generation

The React reconciler automatically wraps plain strings. This: 
<Paragraph>Hello world</Paragraph>
Internally becomes: 
<Paragraph>
  <Text>Hello world</Text>
</Paragraph>
You never see this (it just works). Write plain strings, add <Text> only when styling.

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Common patterns

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Label + value

<Paragraph>
  <Text className="font-bold">Name: </Text>John Doe
</Paragraph>

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Colored keywords

<Paragraph>
  Status: <Text className="text-green-600 font-bold">Active</Text>
</Paragraph>

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Fine print

<Paragraph>
  Main content here.
  <Text className="text-xs text-gray-400"> *Terms apply</Text>
</Paragraph>

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Code inline

<Paragraph>
  Run <Text className="font-mono bg-gray-100">npm install</Text> to start.
</Paragraph>