Set line height with various measurements in HTML and CSS

Description

The following code shows how to set line height with various measurements.

Example


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<html>
<head>


<style rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
body {
font-size: 12px;
}

p {
width: 400px;
}

.one {
line-height: normal;
}

.two {
line-height: 18px;
}

.three {
line-height: 1.5em;
}

.four {
line-height: 1.9ex;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p class="one">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. </p>
<p class="two">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. </p>
<p class="three">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. </p>
<p class="four">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. </p>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Set line height with various measurements in HTML and CSS

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