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

Jeremy Kerrigan
Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 Points
Posted by Jeremy Kerrigan
Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 Points

Line height challenges, task 3 of 5

The challenge task asks:

Give the INTRO a unitless line-height value that is 1.6 times larger than the font-size property value. This is my code.

.intro { font-size: 1.25em; (this unit has already been determined correct) line-height: 2; ( the challenge deems my answer here incorrect) }

So my question is why am I incorrect with my solution. I believe the math is 1.25*1.6= 2

1 Answer

Ste Royle
Ste Royle
9,538 Points
Ste Royle
Ste Royle
9,538 Points

When using a unitless value for line-height, which in this case is 1.6 what it is doing is taking the font-size and multiplying it by the unitless line-height which gives: 1.25em * 1.6 = 2em. You are right in thinking that the final calculated line-height is 2em but it wants you to add the 1.6 as the modifier.

.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
Jeremy Kerrigan
Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 Points
Jeremy Kerrigan
Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 Points

Wow thanks Ste. That absolutely worked. The question was a bit confusing. Really appreciate the help.