Unit E Flashcards
CSS Formatting Text
Collections of single typefaces and their variants
font families
list of font families in order of preference, separated by commas. Ex. Tahoma, Arial;
font stack
Groupings of font families according to shared characteristics.
generic font families
Font that has small finishing strokes at the ends of lines making up each character.
serif font
Font without finishing strokes
sans-serif font
Fonts that are not installed on a user’s computer.
custom fonts
Multiple of the font size inherited from an element’s parent.
em
Specifically a multiple of the font size of the html element.
rem
Sets the minimum amount of vertical space each line occupies.
line-height
Boxes occupying the full length of their parent elements and rendered with a line break before and after.
block-level elements
It does not expand to fill the space of its parent and is not rendered with line breaks before or after.
inline element (span)
Selector that identifies a specific part of an element and lets you style the selection as if it were its own element. Begin your selector with a standard selector that identifies the element you wish to style a portion of. You then add a colon ( : ) followed by the name of this element.
pseudo-element
value starts with a pound sign (#), followed by six characters, which may include the numbers 0–9 and the letters a–f.
hexadecimal system—also known as the hex system
Set of comma-separated values known as an RGB triplet. Each value ranges from 0–255 or 0–100%, which represent the amounts of red, green, and blue in the color.
RGB system
CSS allows you to create a subset of styles within a style sheet and specify which type of device should use them.
media query
