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CSS Data Type - <absolute-size>
CSS <absolute-size> data type defines absolute font size in the properties font shorthand and font-size.
Possible Values
xx-small − It specifies the font size that is 60% size of medium. And equivalent to the deprecated size="1".
x-small − It specifies the font size that is 75% the size of the default font size.
small − It specifies the font size that is 89% the size of the default font size and equivalent to the deprecated size="2".
medium − Preferred size among users. It specifies the default font size as the reference middle value and equivalent to the deprecated size="3".
large − It specifies the font size that is 20% greater than the default font size and equivalent to the deprecated size="4".
x-large − It specifies a font size that is 50% greater than the default font size and equivalent to the deprecated size="5".
xx-large − It specifies a font size that is twice the default font size and equivalent to the deprecated size="6".
xxx-large − It specifies a font size that is three times the default font size and equivalent to the deprecated size="7".
Syntax
font-size = xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large | xxx-large;
The following table shows the scaling factor for different absolute-size keywords. It also shows how these keywords relate to heading sizes (<h1> to <h6>) and the deprecated HTML size attribute.
<absolute-size> | xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large | xxx-large |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scaling factor | 3/5 | 3/4 | 8/9 | 1 | 6/5 | 3/2 | 2/1 | 3/1 |
HTML heading | h6 | h5 | h4 | h3 | h2 | h1 | ||
HTML size attribute | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
CSS <absolute-size> - Example
The following example demonstrates the use of different font sizes using font-size property −
<html> <head> <style> p { margin-bottom: 5px; } .font-xx-small { font-size: xx-small; } .font-x-small { font-size: x-small; } .font-small { font-size: small; } .font-medium { font-size: medium; } .font-large { font-size: large; } .font-x-large { font-size: x-large; } .font-xx-large { font-size: xx-large; } .font-xxx-large { font-size: xxx-large; } </style> </head> <body> <p class="font-xx-small">xx-small</p> <p class="font-x-small">x-small</p> <p class="font-small">small</p> <p class="font-medium">medium</p> <p class="font-large">large</p> <p class="font-x-large">x-large</p> <p class="font-xx-large">xx-large</p> <p class="font-xxx-large">xxx-large</p> </body> </html>
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