DevGuru CSS2: font-size

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PROPERTY: font-size

font-size : absolute-size | relative-size | length | percentage

Compatibility: IE4+ N4+
Version: Level 1
Inherited: Yes

The font-size property allows you to change the size of the font (i.e., characters in a text) by selecting from four different categories of values. The amount of change in size is a relative, not fixed, quantity that is determined by your individual computer and/or browser.

absolute-size

There are seven steps in the absolute-size values to choose from:
xx-small
x-small
small
medium
large
x-large
xx-large

The amount of change caused by each step will be determined by the individual computer/browser.

relative-size

There are two relative-size values to choose from:
larger
smaller

The amount of change will be determined by the individual computer/browser.

length

The length value can be in any of the following seven units. Use the abbreviation.

Length	Abbrev.
centimeters	cm
ems	em
inches	in
millimeters	mm
picas	pc
pixels	px
points	pt

percentage

The percentage value is the percent amount you wish to increase or decrease the font size. Values less than 100% reduce the size of the font. 100% gives no change. Values greater than 100% increase the font size.

Code:
p { font-size: x-large; }
p { font-size: smaller; }
p { font-size: 18pt; }
p { font-size: 3em; }
p { font-size: 75%; }
p { font-size: 150%; }

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