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CSS CSS Basics (2014) The Box Model Margins

kabir k
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kabir k
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Posted by kabir k
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 Points

For h2 styling, the margin-bottom, 26px/53px in the stylesheet. Where is the 26px from?

In the CSS Basics - The Box Model - Margins section, Guil said he was going to divide 26px by 53px for h2 styling, margin-bottom, 0.5em, 26px/53px in the stylesheet.

Where is the 26px from? And why are we using the em unit on the h2's margin-bottom instead of px?

Here is the code:

h2 {
  font-size: 3.3125em; /* 53px/16px  */
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1.1;
  margin-bottom: 0.5em /* 26px/53px */
}

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
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I think what Guil is doing is using a method to define a certain amount of space from the h2 element and the elements below it.

If you were to divide 26 from 53 you'd get, 2.03846154.

Try putting this value in as a percentage,

kabir k
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 Points
kabir k
kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 Points

Sorry, I made a mistake. It's the other way round. I have edited my question.

Matteo Simeone
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Matteo Simeone
Matteo Simeone
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Hi kabir, 26px is the bottom margin Guil is going to define for the h2 element. He is using em unit to be coerent with the font-size property, which is defined in em unit too.

Burton King
Burton King
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Burton King
Burton King
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Where did the 53px come from? I seem him state it's from the parent element but I can't seem to find where that's defined or is that just the browser default for H2?