font-size
Published Jun 29, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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The font-size
property sets text size. Font size values can be in many different units like absolute lengths and relative lengths.
Syntax
font-size: <font-size-value>;
Absolute lengths can be the following:
px
in
mm
cm
pt
pc
Relative lengths can be the following:
%
em
rem
ch
ex
vh
vw
vmax
vmin
Example 1
Set the p
tag to 16px
:
p {font-size: 16px;}
Example 2
Set the p
tag to 2em
:
html {font-size: 16px;}p {font-size: 2em;}
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