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Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

Nov 09, 2018 pm 05:04 PM
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For setting the line spacing, the line height attribute line-height is definitely needed to set the spacing. (Related recommendations: CSS Learning Manual)

When specifying an absolute value

The code is as follows:

LineHeight.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>    
<title></title>  
<link rel="stylesheet" href="LineHeight.css" />
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>  
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</body>
</html>
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LineHeight.css

.TextFrame {
  line-height:48px;  
  width:480px;
}
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The effect is as follows:

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

Change the line height of LineHeight.css is 24px.

LineHeight.css

.TextFrame {
  line-height:24px;  
  width:480px;
}
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The effect is as follows: after changing to the above code, the line spacing becomes narrower

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

Further change LineHeight.css Change the line height to 8px.

LineHeight.css

.TextFrame {
  line-height:8px;  
  width:480px;
}
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The effect is as follows: reduce the line spacing too much and the content will overlap.

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

When specifying relative values

The code is as follows:

Except change the previous line In addition to specifying the height as an absolute value in pixels or other units, you can also specify a relative value to the font value.

LineHeight.css

.TextFrame {
  line-height:1.0;  
  width:480px;
}
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If you write a number without specifying a unit, it will be relative to the size of the font. For 1.0, the font's height is the line height.

Change to the above CSS and open Lineheight.html in your web browser. The screen shown below will be displayed. Since the height of the lines is the same as the height of the font, there is almost no line spacing.

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

Change the CSS code to the following

.TextFrame {
  line-height:1.2;  
  width:480px;
}
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After making the changes, open Lineheight.html in your web browser. The result will be displayed as shown below. Since the line height is 1.2 times the font height, line spacing is turned on.

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

Further change the CSS code to the following

.TextFrame {
  line-height:1.2;  
  width:480px;
}
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After the changes, open Lineheight.html in your web browser. The result will be displayed as shown below. Line height is twice the font height and turns on line spacing for one line.

Introduction to the method of setting text line spacing in CSS (code example)

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