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Asked: 2026-06-16T11:49:18+00:00

I have the following problem: I developped a tool that extracts styles from the

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I have the following problem: I developped a tool that extracts styles from the HTML tags and put them into the header (i.e. it makes inline CSS internal).
It seems however that line-height renders differently when having more than one CSS class:

This is the sample before tool-extraction: calling 1 internal CSS class + specifying 1 inline CSS style

<html>
<head>
<style>
<!--
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
    {margin-top:0cm;
    margin-right:0cm;
    margin-bottom:10.0pt;
    margin-left:0cm;
    line-height:115%;
    font-size:11.0pt;
    font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:normal'>
<span style='font-size:20.0pt'>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore 
magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud 
exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo 
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate 
velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur 
sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia 
deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</span></p>
</body>
</html>

And this is the sample after tool-extraction: calling 2 internal CSS classes -> line-height renders differently!

<html>
<head>
<style>
<!--
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
    {margin-top:0cm;
    margin-right:0cm;
    margin-bottom:10.0pt;
    margin-left:0cm;
    line-height:115%;
    font-size:11.0pt;
    font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
.inlineClass009
    {text-align:justify;line-height:normal}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="MsoNormal inlineClass009">
<span style='font-size:20.0pt'>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore 
magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud 
exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo 
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate 
velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur 
sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia 
deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</span></p>
</body>
</html>

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  1. Editorial Team

    In both samples, there are two declarations for line-height on the element. In the first sample, the declaration line-height:normal in the style attribute wins, by the specificity rules. In the second sample, the declaration line-height:115% wins, because the selector p.MsoNormal is more specific than the selector .inlineClass009, by the specificity rules.

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