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

Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points
Posted by Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points

This question has bugging me for 5 days

So I been trying to figure out why my code won't work, but this question had bugging me so much, I missed a schedule for my website. Any idea on how to fix it?

The question is: Give intro a unitless line-height that's 1.6 times larger than the font-size value.

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: 1.25em;
  line-height: 25.6em;
}

1 Answer

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

As the question specifies, you need to use a unitless value for the line-height.

Here's what the MDN says about line-height:

The used value is this unitless <number> multiplied by the element's font size. The computed value is the same as the specified <number>. In most cases this is the preferred way to set line-height with no unexpected results in case of inheritance.

So if you use a unitless number, the value will be the result of this number multiplied by the font-size value. So if your font-size is X pixels, and you want your line-height to be 1.6 times bigger (aka 1.6*X), then you just do line-height:1.6

.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points
Harrison Court
Harrison Court
4,232 Points

Cheers, mate! I should've looked more closely.