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Text spacing related coding questions

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Asked 1 year ago in CSS by Modupe

What is line height used for

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Line height is a CSS property that is used to control the vertical space between lines of text. It specifies the distance between the baselines of consecutive lines of text. This can make the text more readable and aesthetically pleasing by adjusting the spacing between lines. Here is an example of how line height can be set in CSS:

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p { line-height: 1.5; }

In this example, the line height of the <p> element is set to 1.5. This means that there will be 1.5 times the default distance between each line of text in the paragraph. You can specify line height using various units such as pixels, em, or a unitless value.

👩‍💻 Technical question

what does line-height do in CSS?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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The line-height property in CSS is used to control the height of a line of text within an element. It sets the amount of vertical space between lines of text. By adjusting this property, you can increase or decrease the space between lines, making the text more readable and visually appealing. The value can be specified as a unitless number, a length value, or a percentage.

For example, setting line-height: 1.5; will increase the space between lines to be 1.5 times the normal height. This can be useful for improving readability, especially on longer blocks of text.

Here is an example of how to use line-height in CSS:

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p { line-height: 1.5; }

In this example, the line-height property is applied to paragraphs (<p>) and sets the line height to be 1.5 times the font size.

👩‍💻 Technical question

how to reduce the space between words and alphabets in a paragraph in CSS?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To reduce the space between words and alphabets in a paragraph in CSS, you can use the letter-spacing and word-spacing properties.

letter-spacing: defines the amount of space between each letter in a string of text.

word-spacing: defines the amount of space between words in a string of text.

Here's an example of how to use these properties in CSS:

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p { letter-spacing: 1px; /* set the space between letters to 1 pixel */ word-spacing: 2px; /* set the space between words to 2 pixels */ }

You can adjust the values of letter-spacing and word-spacing to your desired spacing. Please note that reducing the spacing too much can make the text harder to read.

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