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CSS CSS Foundations Text, Fonts, and Lists More Text Properties

Posted by orange sky
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orange sky
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,945 Points

width of my h1

Hello,

I gave h1 a width of 17.5em. My web console shows the dimensions of my h1 as 672 x 58

Would you happen to know how 17.5em calculates to 672px

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>More Text Properties</title>
    <style>
    body{
    padding:1em 6em;
    font:1.2em/1.5 sans-serif;
    background-color: #dfdfdf;
    }
    h1{
    background: #FFF;
    width: 17.5em;


    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Let's Have Fun With Text Shadows!</h1>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Andrew McCombs
Andrew McCombs
4,309 Points
Andrew McCombs
Andrew McCombs
4,309 Points

672px = 42.000em so if 1em = 16px then 17.5em = 280px

orange sky
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orange sky
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,945 Points

So, shouldnt the browser console show 280px, why does it show 672px?

Cheers!

Andrew McCombs
Andrew McCombs
4,309 Points
Andrew McCombs
Andrew McCombs
4,309 Points

I responded on your most reason posting.