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

Defaults

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

Uppercase?

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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

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This template is without the optional parameters.

{{ch|Content}}

Full template

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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

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  • 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

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Default

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.


Bold and italics

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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.)

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Italics

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.

Bold italics

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.


Font size

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.


Alignment

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

Produces:

The Wind at the Back of the House.


Small caps

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

Produce:

The Wind at the Back of the House.


No uppercase

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{{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)

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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

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{{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.