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CSS

Posted by Mostafa M.
Mostafa M.
4,862 Points

The margin between a text and an element

How do we start calculating the space under or above the text, Typeography Is it from the ascender/descender or from the cap height / baseline ? Guil Hernandez

Mostafa M.
Mostafa M.
4,862 Points

But i made a markup to be sure, Typography i've reset the CSS, then it shows like it start from the ascender up and decender down. James Barnett

Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Mostafa Syam,

I thought you were referring to line height in lines of text, which would look something like this:

With headings or blocks of text, then yes, if you add margins or a bg color (as you did), it will affect the entire element's "box."

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I think it's from baseline down and from x height up

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I think it's from baseline down and from x height up