Overview

A block quote repeats and draws attention to a quote from the body copy and creates a visual break in the content.

Elements

  
“It’s good to see lots of improvements with technology, but the community are not educated about new types of accessible toilets. 
I have never been in one before, and I think that other deafblind people might be in the same situation. There’s no education about the new accessibility.”
 - Attribution

Alignment Center alignedLeft aligned

1. Quoted text
2. Source

Variations

• Centre aligned
• Left aligned / inline
• Right aligned / inline

Behaviours

The block quote can be centre aligned on its own, or left and right aligned when placed inline with body copy.

Recommendations

This component is used to highlight a quote, usually on a new story or case study.