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That figure multiplies your font size to determine your line height. If you chose 18px (like our last guide recommended) as a safe minimum, this will multiply 18px by 1.6 ? the equivalent of setting line height to 28.8px. Does that mean 28.8px between each line of text? No.

A good rule of thumb is to set your line height at approximately 145-150% of your text size. For example, 14px text often works well at a 21px (150%) line height, 15px text often works well at a 22px (146%) line height, and so on.

A good rule of thumb is to set your line height at approximately 145-150% of your text size. For example, 14px text often works well at a 21px (150%) line height, 15px text often works well at a 22px (146%) line height, and so on. Every font is different, but 145-150% is a good place to start.

Use the line-height property in CSS to do so. Browsers by default will create a certain amount of space between lines to ensure that the text is easily readable. For example, for 12-point type, a browser will place about 1 point of vertical space between lines.

While there is no official minimum font size for the web, it is generally agreed upon that 16px for body text is a good starting point. Of course, some text will be smaller and headings will often times be larger. But, the main body text (like what you're reading right now) should usually be 16px or larger.

You can create a straight and horizontal line within CSS by using the <hr> tag or the border-bottom property.

So, a font size of 16px would require a line height of 24px or higher. To simplify matters, you could apply a line height of 1.5em, 150%, or just set a numerical value of 1.5.

1 pixel (px) is usually assumed to be 1/96th of an inch. 1 point (pt) is assumed to be 1/72nd of an inch. Therefore 16px = 12pt.