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CSS CSS Foundations Web Typography Text Layout and Readability

Posted by Kenneth Graham
Kenneth Graham
7,707 Points

Default line height

This video says browsers default to 1em line-height. Every browser I have installed defaults to 1.2em.

2 Answers

Youssef Subehi
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Youssef Subehi
Courses Plus Student 290 Points
Youssef Subehi
Youssef Subehi
Courses Plus Student 290 Points

as i know line-height values are based on the computed font-size, Normal is supposed to be based on font size but it can and does vary from browser to browser.

anyway you can always change it using Css.

Kenneth Graham
Kenneth Graham
7,707 Points
Kenneth Graham
Kenneth Graham
7,707 Points

I know that it can vary since the spec leaves it up to the UA with a recommendation of between 1.0 and 1.2, but does it actually vary in the real world? Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE all default to 1.2 on my computer. I think the claim that the default is 1.0 is at least wrong in practice if not in theory.