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@olback Wrong! Line height is supposed to be unit less. So 'line-height: 1.4;' would be correct. That way, it is actually relative to the true height of the font!
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@electronix
em is relative to the font size, 1em is the height of a letter. -
@RantingJoe That is incorrect. An em is the width of the m character in the font you're working with.
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@rjedlin
That what it was used for first, but it was changed since then. -
@RantingJoe What the heck you're right! Em just feels like a wrong name for line height. Questionable decision (though w3c makes plenty of them)
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@RantingJoe
"Unitless line heights are recommended due to the fact that child elements will inherit the raw number value, rather than the computed value."
https://css-tricks.com/almanac/...
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There is so much wrong with that code...
Dear web developers, whenever there is more than ONE LINE OF TEXT make sure the line-height is 1.4em.
rant
please
it's not that hard
one line to keep visitors