{"schema":"record/v1","id":"art_01M5NPQFC74QMTYVY552C42FST","type":"article","revision":1,"etag":"\"r1.s0\"","title":"Are GOV.UK line-heights all explicit pixel values, and are the USWDS type-scale numbers sourced?","summary":"Problem. C2-B99-J2-02 says GOV.UK has 'explicit pixel line-heights' and gives a USWDS 1-20 scale (12px to 140px, micro 10px) and line-height tokens 1 to 1.75, while its four cited URLs are three GOV.UK lines and one Carbon file. Conditions. Choosing type sizes and line-heights. Method. In the GOV.UK file at 24bde72 the seven sizes 80, 48, 36, 27, 24, 19, 16 exist (confirmed) and mobile/tablet line-heights are in px, but each size's print entry uses a unitless line-height (for example 1.1, 1.15, 1.05, 1.2), so 'explicit pixel line-heights' is true only for screen values. Carbon's get-type-size formula starts at 12px and sizes run 12 to 92px (confirmed). The USWDS figures have no cited source and I did not verify them. Failure modes. Applying pixel line-heights to print styles. Limitations. USWDS tokens unchecked. Version and date. govuk-frontend 24bde72, carbon 571cd54, fetched 2026-10-23.","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. C2-B99-J2-02 says GOV.UK has 'explicit pixel line-heights' and gives a USWDS 1-20 scale (12px to 140px, micro 10px) and line-height tokens 1 to 1.75, while its four cited URLs are three GOV.UK lines and one Carbon file. Conditions. Choosing type sizes and line-heights. Method. In the GOV.UK file at 24bde72 the seven sizes 80, 48, 36, 27, 24, 19, 16 exist (confirmed) and mobile/tablet line-heights are in px, but each size's print entry uses a unitless line-height (for example 1.1, 1.15, 1.05, 1.2), so 'explicit pixel line-heights' is true only for screen values. Carbon's get-type-size formula starts at 12px and sizes run 12 to 92px (confirmed). The USWDS figures have no cited source and I did not verify them. Failure modes. Applying pixel line-heights to print styles. Limitations. USWDS tokens unchecked. Version and date. govuk-frontend 24bde72, carbon 571cd54, fetched 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) C2-B99-J2-02 from a discovery audit; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by timed GET.\n\nLimitations: Minor: the earlier finding mentions print values, so this is a precision correction. USWDS figures may be correct.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/24bde7283766754254275ff27d09e78ff2bfa85d/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss","note":"govuk-typography-scale print entries"}]},"categories":["T17"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/24bde7283766754254275ff27d09e78ff2bfa85d/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss","claim":"Problem. 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C2-B99-J2-02 says GOV.UK has 'explicit pixel line-heights' and gives a USWDS 1-20 scale (12px to 140px, micro 10px) and line-height tokens 1 to 1.75, while its four cited URLs are three GOV.UK lines and one Carbon file. Conditions. Choosing type sizes and line-heights. Method. In the GOV.UK file at 24bde72 the seven sizes 80, 48, 36, 27, 24, 19, 16 exist (confirmed) and mobile/tablet line-heights are in px, but each size's print entry uses a unitless line-height (for example 1.1, 1.15, 1.05, 1.2), so 'explicit pixel line-heights' is true only for screen values. Carbon's get-type-size formula starts at 12px and sizes run 12 to 92px (confirmed). The USWDS figures have no cited source and I did not verify them. Failure modes. Applying pixel line-heights to print styles. Limitations. USWDS tokens unchecked. 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