---
title: 'Lead'
description: 'A lead paragraph is the opening paragraph of an article, etc.'
version: 10.104.0
generatedAt: 2026-04-17T18:46:12.145Z
checksum: 8ca1a8dbfa38ce91ec8dc7ebf113334db61f45a4848fa815125f84df2a476441
---

# Lead

## Import

```tsx
import { Lead } from '@dnb/eufemia/elements'
```

## Description

A lead paragraph is the opening paragraph of an article, such as a blog post or news story.

## Relevant links

- [Source code](https://github.com/dnbexperience/eufemia/tree/main/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/elements/Lead.ts)
- [Docs code](https://github.com/dnbexperience/eufemia/tree/main/packages/dnb-design-system-portal/src/docs/uilib/elements/lead)

## Paragraph class modifiers

Eufemia comes with [several styles](/uilib/elements/paragraph/#paragraph-class-modifiers) you can use on paragraphs and other HTML text elements, where `.dnb-p--lead` is one of them.

## Demos

```tsx
render(
  <div>
    <Lead>Default lead</Lead>
    <Lead>
      Lead with <Anchor href="/">Anchor / Text Link</Anchor> looks great!
    </Lead>
  </div>
)
```

## Properties

```json
{
  "props": {
    "element": {
      "doc": "Defines the Element Type, like `p`.",
      "type": ["HTMLElement", "string"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "size": {
      "doc": "Sets the font size, also sets the line-height if `lineHeight` prop is not set.",
      "type": [
        "'x-small'",
        "'small'",
        "'basis'",
        "'medium'",
        "'large'",
        "'x-large'",
        "'xx-large'"
      ],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "lineHeight": {
      "doc": "Sets the line height, will use same value as `size` if not set.",
      "type": [
        "'x-small'",
        "'small'",
        "'basis'",
        "'medium'",
        "'large'",
        "'x-large'",
        "'xx-large'"
      ],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "align": {
      "doc": "Sets the text alignment.",
      "type": ["'center'", "'left'", "'right'"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "family": {
      "doc": "Sets the font family.",
      "type": ["'basis'", "'heading'", "'monospace'"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "weight": {
      "doc": "Sets the font weight.",
      "type": ["'regular'", "'medium'"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "decoration": {
      "doc": "Sets the font decoration.",
      "type": "'underline'",
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "slant": {
      "doc": "Sets the font style.",
      "type": "'italic'",
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "proseMaxWidth": {
      "doc": "Sets the maximum width based on character count. This will limit the text width to approximately the specified number of characters. Use `true` for a default value of 60ch.",
      "type": ["number", "boolean"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "[Space](/uilib/layout/space/properties)": {
      "doc": "Spacing properties like `top` or `bottom` are supported.",
      "type": ["string", "object"],
      "status": "optional"
    },
    "medium": {
      "doc": "Tells the component to use the medium font-weight styling `dnb-t__weight--medium`. More details [here](/uilib/typography/font-weight).",
      "type": "boolean",
      "status": "deprecated"
    },
    "bold": {
      "doc": "Tells the component to use the bold font-weight styling class `dnb-t__weight--bold`. More details [here](/uilib/typography/font-weight).",
      "type": "boolean",
      "status": "deprecated"
    },
    "modifier": {
      "doc": "String containing a combination of modifiers, used to set both font-size and weight in one property. e.g. `x-small medium` would make the paragraph extra small and medium.",
      "type": "string",
      "status": "deprecated"
    }
  }
}
```