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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/15/71 11:42
Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
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>>line-height: 1.5em;
>>or
>>line-height: 150%;
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> line-height: 1.5
> is possible, too,
Yes I am aware this in one of the few unit-less values for a CSS
property, I guess basically a ratio value. I chose not to because so
many newbe's 'forget' the units in other CSS properties where it is
required that I did not want to confuse the issue.
> and actually works better when you have font size
> variation inside the block. This is a long story, and I won't go into
> details here, but read about line-height in a good book on CSS.
Any online source where this advantage is discussed?
> (You will probably also realize that you need to tell the person who
> asked for 1.5 spacing that he doesn't understand the issue. There might
> be special cases where 1.5 is OK, but for the most of it, it is too
> much.)
>
I can have a the effect of 'lightening' your text blocks and giving a
softer feel to your page with a plain old san-serif font without
resorting to an obscure face like Bernard Fashion than many folks would
not have. But yes I agree with you.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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