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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Fonts and Line Height Review

Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
5,878 Points
Posted by Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
5,878 Points

Short-hand Font property

font: 1em/1.5 Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

"In the font shorthand declaration above, ___ is the font-size value and ___ is the line-height value."

1em and 1.5 are wrong. Why?

4 Answers

Jacobus Hindson
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 Points
Jacobus Hindson
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 Points

Hi Evan,

Your 1.5 needs a measurement - px, pt, cm etc.

Noah Lampron
Noah Lampron
4,186 Points

didn't work for me?

Manuel Miguel
Manuel Miguel
1,139 Points
Manuel Miguel
Manuel Miguel
1,139 Points

In the font shorthand declaration above, 1em is the font-size value and 1.5_ is the line-height value.

Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
5,878 Points
Evan Gatchell
Evan Gatchell
5,878 Points

So 24px (assuming the parent element has a size of 16px) would be acceptable?