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CSS CSS Foundations Values and Units Relative Length Units

Posted by MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
9,532 Points

what do i do..no idea

Select the link with the class more. Using the rem unit, set its font size back to the base font size of the root HTML element.i have no idea help

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Relative Length Units</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cc1-main-styles.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
    <body>
    <div class="box">
        <h1>Let's use Font-Relative Length Units</h1>
        <p>
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
            tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
            quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
            consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
            cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
            proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
            <a class="more" href="#">Read more...</a>
        </p>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Write your CSS code below */
h1{
  font-size:2.5em;
}
p{
  font-size:1.5em;
}
.more{
  font-size:1.2rem;
}
matthewhorton68
matthewhorton68
13,882 Points

What about: 

.more {
  font-size: 1rem;

}

Does that work?

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi again Juliana,

A rem is a 'root em' and the default value is 16px. Based on the usual calculation of font-size divided by (in this case) 16 the value would be 1rem.

.more {font-size: 1rem;}

Hope that helps again :)

-Rich