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[css-fonts][css-inline] Shorthand for font-size / line-height

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Description

font-size is often adjusted together with line-height, even if one wants to leave all other font longhands intact.
Even when line-height is set in relative units, it often needs some manual adjustment when using multiple different font sizes together.

Would there be value in a shorthand of the two? E.g. font-metrics: <font-size> / <line-height>

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Research direction

Review issue #7199 and the surrounding CSS Fonts and CSS Inline discussions first; no implementation file or test is named. Determine whether a font-size/line-height shorthand is desirable and what syntax and specification changes would be required, with the issue receiving a clear resolution as the completion criterion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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