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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Posted by Jason Peay
Jason Peay
16,515 Points

Targeting the Span Element

Create a new rule that targets the span element inside the .intro . Give the span element a bold font-weight, and an italic font style.

received error message. Bummer! make sure you're selecting the 'intro' class and setting an em font-size value equal to 20px

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro span {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}
font-size: 1.25em;
line-height: 1.6;
}
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

You put a random bracket in the middle of your CSS. So I guess it should read

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro span {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
font-size: 1.25em;
line-height: 1.6;
}

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

The problem here is that you've removed the initial selector that selects all of the intro class. And now you have one open curly braces and two closed curly braces. It says to make a new rule to target the span inside the intro class so you need to add that below the selector that targets all of intro. Take a look to see what I mean:

.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.intro span {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}

Hope this helps!

Jason Peay
Jason Peay
16,515 Points

Thank you, Jennifer. You were very helpful. :)

Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

I keep making the mistake of not looking at what the challenge actually tells you to do before answering (facepalm). Lesson learned on my part.