the value after the slash indicates line-height property - it's used to shorten the code
cheers, Greg http://www.bazingadesigns.com 2010/12/6 Deafninja <[email protected]>: > That's the font rule long hand. Where the author provided two separate > measures of font size I believe. The first unit is % and the second unit is > ems. > I've seen it before but it's very rare and IMHO, I believe it's overkill. > I'm also against writing longhand font declarations since I've seen cross > browser inconsistencies specifically IE versions mess it up. > Michael > Sent from my iTouch > On Dec 5, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Keith Purtell <[email protected]> wrote: > > A web designer with much more experience than I have sent me a mock-up of > how I might revise the appearance of my site. One thing caught my eye. I've > never seen CSS done like this. The forward slash doesn't break functionality > of the CSS. I'm wondering what its purpose is. > > font : 100%/1.4 Georgia, Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Times, "Times New > Roman", serif; > > - Keith > > -- > -- > You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with > CSS" at Google groups. > To post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > > -- > -- > You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with > CSS" at Google groups. > To post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] -- BAZINGA Designs Igor Wnuk Ul. PCK 5/20 24-100 Puławy tel. 667 200 706 REGON: 060622686 NIP: 716-255-43-47 -- -- You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with CSS" at Google groups. To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected]
