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title: ; notranslate\">\n&quot;settings&quot;: {\n	&quot;typography&quot;: {\n		&quot;fontSize&quot;: &quot;30px&quot;,\n		...\n</pre></div>\n\n\n<p>Making the change above in theme.json would result in the following updates to your theme&#8217;s body typography styles (before and after): </p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"398\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=632%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11062\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11062\" class=\"wp-image-11062\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=1536%2C968&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?resize=2048%2C1291&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.06.07-AM.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"398\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=632%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11061\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11061\" class=\"wp-image-11061\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=1536%2C968&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?resize=2048%2C1291&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.05.40-AM.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li></ul></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Changing the base color settings of your site globally</strong></h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\">\n&quot;styles&quot;: {\n	&quot;color&quot;: {\n		&quot;background&quot;: &quot;#ffc0cb&quot;,\n		&quot;text&quot;: &quot;#6A1515&quot;\n	},\n	...\n}\n</pre></div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"398\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=632%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11063\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11063\" class=\"wp-image-11063\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=1536%2C968&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?resize=2048%2C1291&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.10.03-AM.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"398\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=632%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11064\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11064\" class=\"wp-image-11064\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=1536%2C968&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?resize=2048%2C1291&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-23-at-11.08.54-AM.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li></ul></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong><strong>Changing spacing / padding settings on specific blocks</strong></strong></h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\">\n&quot;styles&quot;: {\n	&quot;blocks&quot;: {\n		&quot;core/code&quot;: {\n			&quot;spacing&quot;: {\n				&quot;padding&quot;: {\n					&quot;top&quot;: &quot;3em&quot;,\n					&quot;bottom&quot;: &quot;3em&quot;,\n					&quot;left&quot;: &quot;3em&quot;,\n					&quot;right&quot;: &quot;3em&quot;\n				}\n			}\n		}\n	}\n}\n\n</pre></div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"356\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?resize=632%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11065\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11065\" class=\"wp-image-11065\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-original.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"356\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited-1024x576.png?resize=632%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11066\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11066\" class=\"wp-image-11066\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/code-padding-edited.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li></ul></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong><strong>Set a custom color palette in the editor for specific blocks like a button </strong></strong></h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\">\n&quot;settings&quot;: {\n    &quot;blocks&quot;: {\n		&quot;core/button&quot;: {\n			&quot;color&quot;: {\n				&quot;palette&quot;: &#91; \n					{\n						&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Maroon&quot;,\n						&quot;color&quot;: &quot;#6A1515&quot;,\n						&quot;slug&quot;: &quot;maroon&quot;\n					},\n					{\n						&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Strawberry Ice Cream&quot;,\n						&quot;color&quot;: &quot;#FFC0CB&quot;,\n						&quot;slug&quot;: &quot;strawberry-ice-cream&quot;\n					}\n				]\n			}\n		}\n	}\n}\n</pre></div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"444\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=632%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11069\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11069\" class=\"wp-image-11069\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=1024%2C719&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=768%2C539&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=1536%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?resize=2048%2C1438&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/button-all-colors.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"444\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=632%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11070\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11070\" class=\"wp-image-11070\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=1024%2C719&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=768%2C539&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=1536%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?resize=2048%2C1438&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/buttons-custom-palette.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li></ul></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong><strong>Enable and disable typography controls</strong></strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following example, the ability to supply a custom font size and line height for all heading blocks is disabled:</p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; title: ; notranslate\">\n	&quot;settings&quot;: {\n		&quot;blocks&quot;: {\n			&quot;core/heading&quot;: {\n				&quot;typography&quot;: {\n					&quot;customFontSize&quot;: false,\n					&quot;customLineHeight&quot;: false\n				}\n			}\n		}\n	}\n</pre></div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"444\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=632%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11071\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11071\" class=\"wp-image-11071\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=1024%2C719&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=768%2C539&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=1536%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?resize=2048%2C1438&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i1.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-all-options.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"444\" src=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=632%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11072\" data-full-url=\"https://wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png\" data-link=\"https://wordpress.org/news/?attachment_id=11072\" class=\"wp-image-11072\" srcset=\"https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=1024%2C719&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=768%2C539&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=1536%2C1079&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?resize=2048%2C1438&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?w=1264&amp;ssl=1 1264w, https://i2.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2021/07/heading-no-line-height-custom-size.png?w=1896&amp;ssl=1 1896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></figure></li></ul></figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>What&#8217;s Next?</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this gives you a sense of what&#8217;s possible and where themes are going. 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