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935 PointsPadding and line-height
What the difference between padding and line-height? They sorta seem the same to me, can someone please explain the difference?
1 Answer
meisloafer
4,769 Pointsline-height:
It's commonly used to set the distance between lines of text.
padding:
It sets the space area on all four sides of an element
- line-height we use for text (Line Spacing in Word)
- padding we use for top/right/bottom/left space (Margins in Word)