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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Which CSS Reset Method Should I Use?

Posted by Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
28,766 Points

1.1em/1.5

font: normal 1.1em/1.5 sans-serif;

For this CSS rule, I've never seen a slash like that in CSS. What's it do?

2 Answers

Josh Miclette
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Josh Miclette
Courses Plus Student 6,227 Points
Josh Miclette
Josh Miclette
Courses Plus Student 6,227 Points

Hey Tony - thanks for posting your question.

What you're seeing is CSS shorthand notation. Although it outputs less code, I’ve learned that it’s important to understand every selector, property, and value first (aka CSS syntax).

To your question.

What you’re seeing is this:

.example {
font: normal 1.1em/1.5 sans-serif;
}

Which before shorthand notation looks like this:

.example {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 1.1em;
line-height: 1.5;
font-family: sans-serif;
}

I hope this helps.

Josh