---
title: 📰Text Blocks
description: Create and style text in any step in your course.
source: intercom
original: https://help.pathwright.com/en/articles/2587470-text-blocks
retrieved: 2026-11-09
visibility: public
date: 2022-12-21
author: /people/pathwright-team.person.md
intercom-id: "2587470"
collection: Create a Path
section: How to Add Content with Blocks
---

# 📰Text Blocks

Add a Paragraph Block to your step to add written content; add a Two-column Block to compare and contrast text in side-by-side columns. Easily mix and match with other Block types for variety.

*Sample text: learner preview mode on the left and edit mode on the right*

![](../../assets/2587470-1.webp)

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## How to add text

1. Create a new step on your course Path and open the step.
2. Select **"Text"** then **"Paragraph"** or **"Two-column."** You've added a Block to your step!
3. Replace the template text with your own. Highlight any text and the formatting options will pop up.
4. Optionally add more Blocks. When finished, hit **Publish.**

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## Features

Highlight some text with your cursor to access the text editor bar.

Within a text Block, you can...

- Add headers
- Bold, italicize, or underline text
- Add bulleted or numbered lists
- Change text justification
- Add subscripts and superscripts
- Select from available text styles
- Apply custom text colors
- Add a hyperlink to an external site (opens in new tab)
- Use the \</> button to convert to code (monospace font and syntax highlighting)
- Use the *Tx* button to strip all formatting

![](../../assets/2587470-2.webp)

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## FAQs

**Q. How do I add a new hyperlink?**\
A. Highlight the text you'd like to hyperlink. In the editor that pops up, select the hyperlink button. Enter your link and then hit Enter.

**Q. How do I add a link with an email address?**\
A. Highlight the text you'd like to hyperlink. In the editor that pops up, select the hyperlink button. Type in "mailto:" followed directly by the email address without any spaces, then hit Enter.

When a user clicks the link, a new blank email addressed to that email address will automatically open in the user's default email client.

**Q. How do I add an image?**\
A. To add an image, add a new Block. Select the "Text with Image Block" to add text alongside an image or use another image Block type between text Blocks.

**Q. How do I link to a file hosted in my Media Manager?**\
A. Add a new Block. Select Media, then add the [Files Block](./files-block.help.md) to add a file from your Media Manager or upload a new file.

**Q. What font is used for the text?**\
A. Basic text uses the following font style:\
*font-family: FreightText, Georgia, serif;*\
Other fonts used include:\
*font-family: proximanova, “Helvetica neue”, sans-serif;*

**Q. How do I add custom styles to my text?**\
A. We do not currently offer support for custom CSS in Blocks (we hope to support multiple fonts and other styles in the future within the text editor).

❔[Learn more about Blocks.](./design-beautiful-interactive-content-with-blocks.help.md)