Heading

A Heading block is a line of text set larger than the body around it. Add it from the Blocks menu of a section or a column, which offers Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3.

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How it renders

A heading comes out of the email builder as a styled line of text. It is not wrapped in an HTML heading tag, so the level you pick does not mark the line as a heading for a screen reader. Treat the level as a size preset, and pick it for the size you want rather than for the outline it implies. That leaves the wording to carry the structure. Write headings that read as headings on their own, and keep them short enough to scan. The breadcrumb reads Heading with no number, so it will not tell you which level you are on. The Size box will.

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Settings

• Font Family picks the typeface, with a weight selector beside it. It starts on the brand’s heading font, which is a separate setting from the brand’s body font.
• Size is a slider and a box, 8 to 48 pixels.
• Color sets the text colour.
• Alignment is left, centre, or right.
• Advanced holds three controls.
  • Letter Spacing, 0 to 10.
  • Line Height, 1 to 2.
  • Margin, the gap above and below the heading.

There is no level control on the panel. To change a heading’s level, click into it in the email and press Cmd + Alt and a number on a Mac, or Ctrl + Alt and a number on Windows. All six levels work, including the three the menu does not offer. Each level carries its own default size, and switching level resets Size to it. Type {{ in a heading to drop in a variable.

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Related

• Email builder overview covers the builder, the toolbar, the theme, and every block type.
• Paragraph shares the same text controls and adds a link colour.
• Section is the band a heading sits in.
• Variables covers the picker, the fallbacks, and what a missing value looks like.