line-height

Published Jul 5, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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Set the vertical spacing between lines of text.

Syntax

line-height: <line-height-value>;

The line-height-value do not accept negative value. The line-height-value can be in any CSS units such as:

  • px
  • rem
  • em
  • %

Example 2

Set the line height on p tag to 10px:

p {
line-height: 10px;
}

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