Philippe Wittenbergh wrote:
> On 21 May 2005, at 3:19 pm, Paul Novitski wrote:
> >> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. A lot of authors mess things up with fixed
> >> line-heights, and even more mess it up using em for line-height.
> > Felix, could you explain that last? I thought using ems (or
> > percentages) for line-height was the only way to keep line-height
> > proportional to the current font-size.
> I'm not sure what problems Felix allude to.
> One problem should be obvious however, when it comes to ems (or %). If
> you set the base size, and the line-height of your text on the body
> tag, and then only give a font-size for child elements, those will
> inherit the *computed* value of line-height form the <body>
> something like
> body { font: 1em/2em serif}
> h1 {font-size: 2em; }
> the line-height for the h1 will be computed as 2em based on the
> font-size of <body>
> A better solution: use a numerical value for line-height
> body { font: 1em/2 serif}
Demonstrating and explaining this is precisely the purpose of
http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/IE/line-heightIEpt.html in the post
Paul replied to but failed to include in his quote.
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