Welcome to the Treehouse Community
Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.
Looking to learn something new?
Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.
Start your free trial
barnetobeka
Courses Plus Student 10,895 Pointswhat is the meaning of line height
just its meaning
1 Answer
jacksonpranica
17,610 PointsDo you remember the old days as a child when you had to learn how to write the basic letters of the alphabet by writing the perfectly between two lines? Its like what kindergartners do when learning how to write the letter AaBbCc etc.
Imagine that you are keeping the letters the same size but adjusting the height between those two lines. That is what line height is. Its the difference between:
........
AA
.........
And
...............
AA
..............
The height is different between those two lines.
jacksonpranica
17,610 Pointsjacksonpranica
17,610 PointsOkay not going to lie, treehouse isn't letting me add extra spaces so just imagine that the dotted lines got further apart from the AA's in the middle