---
title: "Display and style rich text labels | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Display multilingual rich text labels using format expressions."
---
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# Display and style rich text labels
Use the [`format` expression](https://docs.maptiler.com/gl-style-specification/expressions/#types-format) to display country labels in both English and in the local language.
### NPM module setup
```bash
npm install --save @maptiler/sdk
```
#### main.js
```js
import { Map, MapStyle, config } from '@maptiler/sdk';
import '@maptiler/sdk/dist/maptiler-sdk.css';
config.apiKey = 'YOUR_MAPTILER_API_KEY_HERE';
const map = new Map({
container: 'map', // container id
style: MapStyle.BASE,
center: [9.49, 49.01], // starting position [lng, lat]
zoom: 4 // starting zoom
});
map.on('load', function () {
map.setLayoutProperty('Country labels', 'text-field', [
'format',
['get', 'name:en'],
{ 'font-scale': 1.2 },
'\n',
{},
['get', 'name:de'],
{
'font-scale': 0.8,
'text-font': [
'literal',
['DIN Offc Pro Italic', 'Arial Unicode MS Regular']
]
}
]);
});
```
#### index.html
```html
Display and style rich text labels
```
#### style.css
```css
body {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
#map {position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%;}
```
### Basic JavaScript setup
```html
Display and style rich text labels
```
## Related examples
### [Change the case of labels](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/examples/change-case-of-labels/)
Examples
Modify label text casing using upcase and downcase expressions.
### [Icon image URL inside a rich text format label](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/examples/rich-text-format/)
Examples
Display rich text labels with texts and icons.
### [Set map language](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/examples/language-map/)
Tutorials
This tutorial shows how to change the default map labels language.
### [Add a stretchable image to the map](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/examples/add-image-stretchable/)
Examples
Use stretchable images as background for map text labels.