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Understanding the Comment Count Text Option Group in Divi 5

Learn how to customize Comment Count Text in Divi 5 with design options for fonts, colors, spacing, and alignment to enhance your site.

The Comment Count Text options in Divi allow you to customize the styling of the Comments module's headings within your design. These settings give you control over the appearance of comment count headings and ensure they align with your design goals.

Divi 5 - Comment Count Text Design options

Where to Find the Heading Text Options

  1. Open the Module Settings: Click the gear icon or the module itself to access the settings.

  2. Navigate to the Design Tab: Locate the Comment Count Text option group.

Heading Text Customization Settings

  1. Comment Count Heading Level: Choose the heading level you want to assign to the comment count text: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6.

  2. Comment Count Font: Choose a font from the dropdown or upload a custom font for unique styling.

  3. Comment Count Font Weight: Adjust the boldness of your Comment Count with options like light, bold, or extra-bold.

  4. Variable Font Options: those options will only be available if you are using a Google variable font such as Robo, Google Sans Flex, or Bitcount):

    • Variable Font Weight: Use the slider or type in a numeric value for the font weight.

    • Optical Sizing: Enable automatic optical size handling.

    • Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Slant: Fine-tune variable font slant using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Crsv: Fine-tune variable font crsv using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Element Shape: Fine-tune variable font element shape using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Element Expansion: Fine-tune variable font element expansion using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Rond: Fine-tune variable font rond using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Grade: Fine-tune variable font grade using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.

  5. Comment Count Text Size: You can adjust the font size of your Comment Count text using the slider or by entering a specific value. It also accepts Global Variables.

  6. Comment Count Text Color: Choose a color to be used for the Comment Count text. It also accepts Global Variables.

  7. Comment Count Line Height: Set the space between the lines of the Comment Count text, helping to improve readability. It also accepts Global Variables.

  8. Comment Count Letter Spacing: Control the space between letters by adjusting the slider or entering a value. It also accepts Global Variables.

  9. Comment Count Text Alignment: Set the alignment for the Comment Count text - left, center, right, or justified.

  10. Comment Count Capitalization: Choose the Comment Count text's capitalization:

    1. Uppercase - All letters are in uppercase format

    2. Capitalize - Makes the first letter of each word uppercase.

    3. Lowercase - All letters are in lowercase format.

    4. Smallcaps - Lowercase letters display as smaller uppercase letters.

    5. All Small Caps - all letters display as small caps, including letters that were already uppercase.

  11. Comment Count Font Style: Select additional font styles, including:

    • Italic: Makes the text lean to the right.

    • Underline: Adds a line under the text.

    • Overline: adds a line above the text.

    • Strikethrough: draws a line through the middle of the text.
      ⚠️ Note: When Underline, Overline, and/or Strikethrough are enabled, you can also choose:

      • Line Color: Choose the line's color. It also accepts Global Variables.

      • Line Thickness: Choose how thick or slim the line is.

      • Line Type: Choose the Line's type:

        • Solid

        • Double

        • Dotted

        • Dashed

        • Wavy

  12. Comment Count Line Warp Style: Choose how text should wrap. Default keeps native browser wrapping, Balanced evens heading lines, and Pretty helps avoid single-word endings.

    • Default: Text can move onto a new line when it runs out of space.

    • Balanced: Short text breaks into lines with more even lengths

    • Pretty: Text wrap in a cleaner, more visually pleasing way

  13. Comment Count Text Direction: Choose text flow direction. Standard Horizontal reads left-to-right across lines, while vertical modes stack glyphs top-to-bottom.

    1. Standard Horizontal

    2. Vertical (right to left): The text is displayed from top to bottom, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.

    3. Vertical (left to right): The text is displayed from bottom to top, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.

  14. Comment Count Hyphenation: When enabled, if a word is too long to fit nicely on one line, the browser can break it into parts and add a hyphen at the break.

  15. Comment Count Fill Type: Choose the Comment Count's text fill options:

    • None - No Comment Count text fill.

    • Gradient - Fill the Comment Count text with a Gradient

    • Image - Fill the Comment Count text with an Image

    • Transparent - Fill the Comment Count text with a transparent fill.

  16. Comment Count Stroke Width - Choose the thickness of the stroke.

    • Comment Count Stroke Color - Choose the Comment Count text's stroke color.

  17. Comment Count Columns: Set how many columns the text should flow through.

  18. Comment Count Text Shadow: Add a text shadow effect and customize its direction, blur, and color to add depth or emphasis to the Comment Count:

    • Direction: Adjust horizontal and vertical placement.

    • Blur: Control how soft or sharp the shadow appears.

    • Color: Set a shadow color to complement the text.Tips for Using Heading Text Options

  • Use Hierarchy Effectively: Assign heading levels (h1-h6) consistently to establish a clear content hierarchy.

  • Match Design Aesthetics: Select fonts, colors, and styles that align with your site’s overall branding.

  • Optimize Readability: Adjust size, spacing, and line height to make headings easy to read.

  • Add Subtle Effects: Use text shadows sparingly to enhance contrast without overpowering the design.

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