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
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