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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Posted by Qasim Rashad
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Qasim Rashad
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,837 Points

Help with an question

It's telling me to times the line-height 2 times more then the front size which is 2, but shows up as the wrong answer, did I make an error?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro {
 font-size: 1.25em; 
  line-height: 2em;
}

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! I believe you misread the instructions:

Next, give intro a unitless line-height that's 1.6 times larger than the font-size value.

The font-size is now 20px because it was 16px to start with. To make a unitless line-height, you specify the lineheight without any units. This is what is meant by unitless.

.intro {
 font-size: 1.25em; 
 line-height: 1.6;
}

The challenge instructions never mention anything about 2 that I can see. Given that our font-size starts at 16px, the end result will be that font-size is now equivalent to 20 px and our line-height is now 1.6 times that (32px).

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Qasim Rashad
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Qasim Rashad
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,837 Points

thank you so much