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Rahul Ram
Rahul Ram
2,872 Points
Posted by Rahul Ram
Rahul Ram
2,872 Points

Padding with px vs Padding with %

So, I am kind of a neat freak, so back when Nick was teaching us about adding fonts, It was very painful for me to see the website as it was, so I added this bit of code here :-

h1 { font-family:'Alex Brush', Cookie; margin: 15px 0 8px; font-size:3em; font-weight:normal; line-height:0.8em; padding-top:1.75%; }

It made the logo (which was the H1) make a good amount of space between the top and the bottom, and it looked pretty nice overall.

a few videos later, Nick started with another cleanup process and started adding this code:-

header { float:left; margin:0 0 30px 0; padding:5px 0 0 0; }

So now my question, in the end both of us had same results. Apparently the white border on top was something I choose to keep and I could have removed it from within my code.

If I am not wrong padding-top property should be more effective because it will be more effective because it will resize according to the % value. (right?)

Unless i want to add another H1 to the page, what other adverse effects can my code have on my page.

I mean Nick is he instructor here, so ofc he is taking the best way out. So I would like to get your views on where I am going to mess up if I use my code over Nick's.

Thankyou.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

A percentage value on top/bottom padding or margins is relative to the width of the containing block. For this reason, percentage height is generally not used for a top padding. But if that's the effect you really want, go for it.

Now, if you want the first header to receive a different styling than h1's later on, instead of styling the h1 tag itself, give that h1 a class and use the class as your style selector. Your first header will look the same, but any h1's later in the page will get the default style.

code.html 
<h1 class="first_header">The Heading</h1>
styles.css 
.first_header {
    font-family: 'Alex Brush', Cookie;
    margin: 15px 0 8px;
    font-size: 3em;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 0.8em;
    padding-top: 1.75%;
}