CSS gurus - Why double list font size?

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  • DWB
    Registered User
    • Jul 2003
    • 31779
    #1

    CSS gurus - Why double list font size?

    I'm working with a Wordpress theme and the CSS is listing font size as two sizes, like this...

    Code:
    .nav-entries a, .post-entries a { [B][COLOR="Cyan"]font: 14px/16px[/COLOR][/B] Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#6ca0a8; font-weight: bold; text-decoration:none;}
    Never come across this before. Can someone explain to me the reason?

    Thanks
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    • harvey
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 9266
      #2
      it's a bad behavior, but it's used to determine the line-height
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        • glowlite
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2005
          • 366
          #3
          As harvey said it has to do with the line-height property when using font: shorthand.
          Very bad behavior, unpredictable results.

          font: 14px/16px is the same as,
          font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;

          CSS shorthand is not always reliable cross-browser.
          For best cross-browser results body{ baselines are best practice along with baselines for other commonly used elements.
          ie: P{ margin:;padding:;}

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            • DWB
              Registered User
              • Jul 2003
              • 31779
              #4
              Thanks guys, I will re-write this.

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