# Specifying line spacing in CSS

ID: C21

Technology: css

Type: Technique

## When to Use

CSS

## Description

Many people with cognitive disabilities have trouble tracking lines of text when a block of text is single spaced. Providing spacing between 1.5 to 2 allows them to start a new line more easily once they have finished the previous one.

## Examples

### Setting the element to 1.5 line height

In the style sheet set the characteristics of the element.

    body { line-height: 1.5; }

This sets the line height of everything in the body of the document to 1.5.

## Tests

### Procedure

1. Open content in a browser.
2. Check that the spacing between lines in blocks of text is between 1.5 and 2.

### Expected Results

- Check #2 is true.

## Resources

- CSS3 Line spacing: the `line-height` property.
- Eric Meyer - Unitless line heights