Client-First — Version 2

Style Guide

Client-First is a set of guidelines and strategies created by Finsweet to help you build Webflow websites.

Structure Classes

Defined and flexible core structure we can use on all or most pages.

page-wrapper
main-wrapper
container-small
container-medium
container-large
padding-global
padding-section-small
padding-section-medium
padding-section-large
button-group

HTML Heading Tags

HTML tags define default Heading styles.

H1

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H2

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H3

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H4

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H5
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H6
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Other HTML Tags

HTML tags define default text styles.

All paragraphs

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All links
All Links
All quotes
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All Ordered Lists
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Heading Styles

Heading classes when typography style doesn't match the default HTML tag.

heading-style-h1

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heading-style-h2

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heading-style-h3

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heading-style-h4

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heading-style-h5

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heading-style-h6

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Text Classes

Text classes when typography style doesn't match the default HTML tag.

Text Sizes

text-size-large

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text-size-medium

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text-size-regular

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text-size-small

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text-size-tiny

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Text Styles

text-style-strikethrough

text-style-strikethrough

text-style-italic

text-style-italic

text-style-muted

text-style-muted

text-style-allcaps

text-style-allcaps

text-style-nowrap

text-style-nowrap

text-style-link
text-style-quote

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text-style-2lines

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text-style-3lines

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Text Weights

text-weight-xbold
text-weight-xbold
text-weight-bold
text-weight-bold
text-weight-semibold
text-weight-semibold
text-weight-medium
text-weight-medium
text-weight-normal
text-weight-normal
text-weight-light
text-weight-light

Text Alignments

text-align-left
text-align-left
text-align-center
text-align-center
text-align-right
text-align-right

Buttons

Button combo class system.

button
is-small
Button Text
button
is-large
Button Text
button
is-secondary
Button Text
button
is-text
Button Text
button
is-icon
Button Text

Colors

Manage recurring text and background colors.

Color Palette

#00000
#f5f5f5
#fffff

Text Colors

text-color-black
text-color-black
text-color-grey
text-color-grey
text-color-white
text-color-white

Background Colors

background-color-black
background-color-grey
background-color-white

Max widths

Use the max-width CSS property to contain inner content to a maximum width.

max-width-full
max-width-full-tablet
max-width-full-mobile-portrait
max-width-full-mobile-landscape
max-width-xxlarge
max-width-xlarge
max-width-large
max-width-medium
max-width-small
max-width-xsmall
max-width-xxsmall

Paddings

Utility spacing system - padding classes. [padding-direction] + [padding-size].

Direction Classes

padding-bottom
padding-top
padding-vertical
padding-horizontal
padding-left
padding-right

Size Classes

padding-0
padding-tiny
padding-xxsmall
padding-xsmall
padding-small
padding-medium
padding-large
padding-xlarge
padding-xxlarge
padding-huge
padding-xhuge
padding-xxhuge
padding-custom1
padding-custom2
padding-custom3

Margins

Utility spacing system - padding classes. [margin-direction] + [margin-size].

Direction Classes

margin-bottom
margin-top
margin-vertical
margin-horizontal
margin-left
margin-right

Size Classes

margin-0
margin-tiny
margin-xxsmall
margin-xsmall
margin-small
margin-medium
margin-large
margin-xlarge
margin-xxlarge
margin-huge
margin-xhuge
margin-xxhuge
margin-custom1
margin-custom2
margin-custom3

Icons

Unify icons sizes. icon-height sets height of icons. icon-1x1 sets both height and width of icons.

icon-height-small
icon-height-medium
icon-height-large
icon-1x1-small
icon-1x1-medium
icon-1x1-large

Useful utility systems

Utility classes we like to use in most of our projects to build faster.

hide
This element is hidden
hide-tablet
hide-mobile-portrait
hide-mobile-landscape
overflow-visible
overflow-hidden
overflow-auto
overflow-scroll
pointer-events-on
pointer-events-off
layer
div-square
spacing-clean
align-center
z-index-1
z-index-2
display-inlineflex

Webflow elements

Native Webflow elements with Client-First classes applied.

form_component

Example of a form component using Folders

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
text-rich-text

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5
Heading 6

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