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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Posted by Max Gabriel
Max Gabriel
11,213 Points

I am thoroughly confused, please help.

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index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro {
    font-size: 1.6;
}

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
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Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 33,900 Points

Hi Max,

to get the correct font-size value in "em" you need to divide the goal font-size of 20px by the font-size of the parent (which is 16x). So this will be 20 / 16 = 1.25.

And then you need to add the "em" value after the number value.

Makes sense?

Happy coding!

Nils

PS: You can upvote my post and/or mark as "best answer" (at the bottom of my post) if it helped you. :-)

Spear Mangashoti
Spear Mangashoti
3,359 Points
Spear Mangashoti
Spear Mangashoti
3,359 Points

hi Max.

Basically 16px are equal to 1em. now 20px converted to ems (20/16) gives us 1.25em. So in your code you had also left out the units (em). Always remember to put units.

Hope this will help you.

Spr