This should be a good read about line heights in different browsers ->
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/05/06/line-height-abnormal/ :)

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Bas V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Am I correct to notice that there is rather a bit of difference between
> browsers in the spacing between the lines of text?
>
> My problem:
> I have a box 359 x 359 pixels in which I need to put a set amount of text.
> The text wraps exactly the same in all browsers, only the line height is
> different between some of them.
>
> The text fits in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 and Opera 9.5 on PC, Firefox 2
> and Safari on Mac, but in Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 8 on PC it doesn't
> fit and is subsequently cut off.
>
> I tried applying line-height: 12px; to the div that contains the text, that
> effected the spacing between the lines but that still didn't make it exactly
> the same in all browsers, there was still variation between them.
>
> The page is XHTML 1.0 Strict (and CSS 2.1) valid, so how is it possible
> that some browsers show more line space, shouldn't it be all the same?
>
> Your advice please.
>
>
>
>
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