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CSS Treehouse Club: CSS My First Web Page Changing Your CSS

Posted by Eliakim Hilkiah
Eliakim Hilkiah
Courses Plus Student 4,478 Points

after changing the font size to 0.75em it wasnts correct

how do I change the font size

style.css 
/***********************************************
Top bar color 
***********************************************/
html { border-top: 65px solid #4D7094};
}

/***********************************************
Body styling 
***********************************************/
body {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 20px 20px;
  font-size: .75em;
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, serif;
  color: #066;
  font-weight: 300;
}

.centered {
  text-align: right;
}

/***********************************************
Image styling 
***********************************************/
img {
  border-radius: 100%;
  max-width: 340px;
}

/***********************************************
Headline styling 
***********************************************/
h1 {
  font-size: .75em;
  line-height: .5em;
  color: #564581;
}

h2 {
  font-size: .75em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-style: oblique;
  color: #aaa;
}

h3 {
  font-size: .75em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

h4 {
  margin-top: 60px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #564581;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>All About Joy's Page</title>
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>   
  <body> 
    <img src="sam.jpg" alt="Sam">

    <h1>My Name</h1>

    <h2>My Profession</h2>

    <h3>Where I Live</h3>

    <h4>What I do:</h4>
       <p>I'm a teacher at Treehouse, but you should write in what you do here!</p>

    <h4>What I enjoy doing:</h4>  
      <p>When I'm not writing code, I like to surf and play music. Your turn, write in something that makes you happy, or things you like to do in your free time.</p>

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points
Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points

Only change your font-size on your body, then it should work.

Eliakim Hilkiah
Eliakim Hilkiah
Courses Plus Student 4,478 Points

i did that several times and it never worked

Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points
Wilson Usman
Wilson Usman
35,206 Points

This is the code that passes for me exactly as submitted.

/***********************************************
Top bar color 
***********************************************/
html {
  border-top: 65px solid #4D7094;
}

/***********************************************
Body styling 
***********************************************/
body {
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 20px 20px;
  font-size: .75em;
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, serif;
  color: #066;
  font-weight: 300;
}

.centered {
  text-align: right;
}

/***********************************************
Image styling 
***********************************************/
img {
  border-radius: 100%;
  max-width: 340px;
}

/***********************************************
Headline styling 
***********************************************/
h1 {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  line-height: .5em;
  color: #564581;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-style: oblique;
  color: #aaa;
}

h3 {
  font-size: .875em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

h4 {
  margin-top: 60px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #564581;
}
Eliakim Hilkiah
PLUS
Eliakim Hilkiah
Courses Plus Student 4,478 Points
Eliakim Hilkiah
Eliakim Hilkiah
Courses Plus Student 4,478 Points

thanks for helping me i will do it and get back to you