Could this be margin collapsing?
http://www.techdego.com/upload/2007/05/margincollapse4.png
First image is in quirks mode, second is in standards mode with borders
collapsing.

Kevin


On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM, hoodwill <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi!  I'm having trouble with overlapping paragraphs.  I should state
> in advance that I don't care too much about vertical rhythm (heresy, I
> know) and I have made various changes to get rid the paragraph indent
> and have more space between paragraphs.  That said, I have backed
> these changes out (except for a body font-size increased to 115%) and
> I'm still having a fundamental problem.
>
> Basically, the margin seems to work quite differently between two
> successive paragraphs than it does between paragraphs and other
> elements, e.g. UL's.  If I don't set my paragraph margin-bottom quite
> high (e.g. 1.5 to 2ems) the second paragraph will actually overlap the
> first!  But if I do set the margins that high, there is this huge gap
> between a paragraph and a UL (for example).  Yes I can individually
> set negative margins on problem areas, but I'm hoping there is a
> better way.
>
> I have not worked much with style sheets where the line-height is
> globally increased... I feel like that is part of the issue.  Any
> thoughts?
>
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