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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Substring Matching Attribute Selectors

Posted by Bappy Golder
Bappy Golder
13,449 Points

CSS font-size

It seems Guil is using the following syntax a lot:

font: 1.1em/1.5 sans-serif;

What does it mean?

4 Answers

notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Shorthand for the font property. First number, 1.1em, is font-size, and the second number, 1.5, is the line-height.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/font

Marc Quarles
Marc Quarles
3,455 Points
Marc Quarles
Marc Quarles
3,455 Points

1.1em is the font-size, the number after the slash (1.5) is the line-height, and sans-serif is the font-face.

Shivam Sadachar
Shivam Sadachar
8,109 Points
Shivam Sadachar
Shivam Sadachar
8,109 Points

The first part, 1.1em is targeting the font-size, the 1.5 is targeting the line-height of the font, and the sans-serif is the font-family.

Yup, Guil just started putting the font-size and line-height together with a forward slash. I didn't get it at first either :) Hope that helps.

Bappy Golder
Bappy Golder
13,449 Points
Bappy Golder
Bappy Golder
13,449 Points

Cheers guys! Awesome. I was thinking it was a way to divide the font size!