Everything you need to add and customize the Text block — from choosing a font style and adjusting size to controlling line height and spacing.
A Text block is one of the most fundamental building blocks in any Shopify theme. It lets you place a passage of written content — such as a heading, a paragraph, a tagline, or a description — anywhere a section supports blocks.
In the Boardwalk theme, the Text block gives you rich text editing with full control over the font style, font size, line height, and vertical spacing. Because the block supports rich text, you can add bold, italic, links, and other formatting directly inside the editor. The Text block is available as a content block across many different sections, making it one of the most versatile tools for building your pages.
Follow these steps to add and configure a Text block in your Shopify store using the Boardwalk theme.
In your Shopify admin, go to
Online Store → Themes, find Boardwalk,
and click Customize. Use the page
selector dropdown at the top center of the editor to
navigate to the page you want to edit.
The Text block is available inside many sections throughout the Boardwalk theme. Click on a section in the sidebar that accepts content blocks — for example, a heading group, a content column, or a product page section.
Click Add block inside the section or group, then choose Text from the list. A new Text block will appear in the sidebar with placeholder content.
Click the Text block in the sidebar to open its settings. Type or paste your content into the Text field. This is a rich text editor, so you can format your text with bold, italic, links, and lists.
Use the Text style dropdown to select a font family, then adjust the Font size slider. The available size range changes depending on which text style you select (see the Settings Reference below for details).
Fine-tune the vertical spacing above and below the text using the Padding top and Padding bottom sliders under the Padding header. This is useful for controlling the distance between this block and adjacent blocks.
Click Save in the Theme Editor. Preview your page to verify the text is displaying with the correct style, size, and spacing.
These settings are available when you click on a Text block in the Theme Editor sidebar.
The main content of the block. This is a rich text field, so you can use bold, italic, links, lists, and other formatting directly in the editor.
Controls which font family is used for the text.
Options: Heading, Body,
Caption, or Menu. Each
option uses the corresponding font you've configured
in your theme's typography settings. Changing this also
determines the available range for the Font size
slider.
Sets the size of the text in pixels. The available
range depends on the selected text style:
Heading supports 20px–80px,
Body supports 12px–60px,
Caption supports 10px–60px, and
Menu supports 12px–60px. The slider
adjusts in 2px steps.
Controls the vertical space between lines of text. Range: 1.0 to 2.0 (in 0.1 increments). Lower values make lines tighter, while higher values add more breathing room between lines.
Adds spacing above the text block. Range: 0px to 36px (in 2px steps). On mobile devices, this value is automatically reduced to 75% of the desktop value.
Adds spacing below the text block. Range: 0px to 36px (in 2px steps). On mobile devices, this value is automatically reduced to 75% of the desktop value.
Important things to know about how the Text block works in the Boardwalk theme.
The four text style options — Heading, Body, Caption, and
Menu — correspond to the fonts you've set up in your
theme's global typography settings. For example, if
you've chosen a serif font for your headings, selecting
Heading as the text style will use that
same serif font. This ensures your Text blocks stay
visually consistent with the rest of your store.
Note: To change which fonts are
available for each text style, go to
Online Store → Themes → Customize →
Theme settings → Typography
in your Shopify admin.
The Font size slider changes its range based on the selected text style. For instance, the Heading style supports larger sizes (up to 80px) since headings are typically used for prominent display text. The Caption style starts at a smaller minimum (10px) because captions are often used for fine print or supplementary information. Only the slider that matches your selected text style is visible in the editor — the others stay hidden to keep the settings clean and simple.
The padding values you set are for desktop screens. On mobile devices, the theme automatically scales both the top and bottom padding to 75% of your chosen value. For example, if you set 24px of top padding, mobile visitors will see 18px. This keeps spacing proportional on smaller screens without requiring you to set mobile values separately.
The Text field uses Shopify's built-in rich text editor. You can format your content with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, links, ordered and unordered lists, and more — all without writing any code. This makes the Text block suitable for everything from a short tagline to a longer descriptive paragraph.
The Text block is a universal content block in the Boardwalk theme. It appears in the Content category when adding blocks, and is available inside most sections that support blocks — including heading groups, content columns, product page groups, and more.