Line Height

    Utilities for controlling the leading (line height) of an element.

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    Use the , leading-tight, leading-snug, leading-normal, leading-relaxed, and leading-loose utilities to give an element a relative line-height based on its current font-size.

    Fixed line-heights

    Use the leading-{size} utilities to give an element a fixed line-height, irrespective of the current font-size. These are useful when you need very precise control over an element’s final size.

    1. <p class="leading-6 ...">So I started to walk into the water...</p>
    2. <p class="leading-7 ...">So I started to walk into the water...</p>

    Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:leading-loose to only apply the leading-loose utility on hover.

    For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

    Breakpoints and media queries

    You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:leading-loose to apply the leading-loose utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

    1. <p class="leading-none md:leading-loose">
    2. </p>

    To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, and other media query modifiers.

    It’s important to note that by default, Tailwind’s font-size utilities each set their own default line-height. This means that any time you use a responsive font-size utility like sm:text-xl, any explicit line-height you have set for a smaller breakpoint will be overridden.

    2. <p class="text-lg leading-loose md:text-xl md:leading-loose">
    3.   Maybe we can live without libraries...
    4. </p>

    Using the same line-height across different font sizes is generally not going to give you good typographic results. Line-height should typically get smaller as font-size increases, so the default behavior here usually saves you a ton of work. If you find yourself fighting it, you can always to not include default line-heights.

    Customizing your theme

    By default, Tailwind provides six relative and eight fixed line-height utilities. You change, add, or remove these by customizing the lineHeight section of your Tailwind theme config.

    tailwind.config.js

    Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

    If you need to use a one-off line-height value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

    1. <p class="leading-[3rem]">
    2.   <!-- ... -->