CSS line-height Property
Example
h1 {
line-height: 5.5;
}
p {
line-height: 500%;
}Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.
Meaning
The line-height property sets the height (leading) between lines of text in a block-level element such as a paragraph.
Values can be specified as a number of lines, a number of units (pixels, points, inches, centimeters, and so on), or a percentage of the font size.
Note: Negative values are not allowed.
The default value of normal is typically equivalent to 1.0 to 1.2 depending on the implementation.
| Default value: | normal |
| Inherited: | Yes |
| Animatable: | Yes |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
line-height: normal|number|length|%|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| normal | This is default value. Specifies a normal line height. |
| number | Specifies a number that will be multiplied with the current font-size to set the line height. |
| length | Specifies a fixed line height in px, pt, cm, etc. |
| %(percentage) | Specifies a line height in percent of the current font size. |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. |
| inherit | If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property. |
| revert | Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property |
| revert-layer | Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers. |
| unset | Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. |
Default CSS Property Values
selectors {
line-height: normal;
}