Re: New CSS1 draft available

> [...]  (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

Received on Friday, 20 September 1996 18:52:34 UTC