Putting Style Sheets in Perspective line-height

Initial Value: normal Allowed Values: normal number length percentage inherit Applies to: all elements Inherited?: yes Percentages: refer to the font size of the element itself

Line-height is something we haven't previously discussed, so now is as good a time as any to bring it up. The line-height property specifies the distance between the baselines of adjacent lines. The added space, called the leading, is inserted half above and half below the text.

.normal { line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 10pt; }
.wide { line-height: 3.2em; font-size: 10pt; } 

Additional Resources:

• W3C: line-height

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