- From: <lee@sq.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 18:52:11 EDT
- To: james@metabridge.com, bbos@mygale.inria.fr
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> [...] (1) `leading' is ambiguous (some define it as line > height, others define it as the extra space between lines), and (2) we > don't want to keep the space between lines constant, but rather the > distance between baselines. Utter baloney -- if the line height is constant, so is the distance between baselines. However, you are right that line-height is usually easier to deal with. Little strips of lead are out of vogue :-) > In addition, (3) line-height is what is used in the short-hand > notation: > > font: 12pt/14pt Helvetica Note that line height interacts with drop caps. Lee
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