diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index eabd102d..d5a5b657 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -661,7 +661,21 @@ class Html
                     break;
                 case 'line-height':
                     $matches = array();
-                    if (preg_match('/([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*[a-z]+)/', $cValue, $matches)) {
+                    if (preg_match('/([a-z]+)/', $cValue, $matches)) {
+                        //$cvalue text and not number
+                        if($cValue == 'normal') {
+                            $cValue = 1.12;
+                            $spacingLineRule = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\LineSpacingRule::AUTO;
+                            //we are subtracting 1 line height because the Spacing writer is adding one line
+                            $spacing = ($cValue * Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT) - Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT;
+                        }else{
+                            $cValue = 1.13;
+                            $spacingLineRule = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\LineSpacingRule::AUTO;
+                            //we are subtracting 1 line height because the Spacing writer is adding one line
+                            $spacing = ($cValue * Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT) - Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    elseif (preg_match('/([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*[a-z]+)/', $cValue, $matches)) {
                         //matches number with a unit, e.g. 12px, 15pt, 20mm, ...
                         $spacingLineRule = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\LineSpacingRule::EXACT;
                         $spacing = Converter::cssToTwip($matches[1]);