Re: line-height suggestions and easier alignment

Hello Anton,

Yes you're correct the descender would overlap the I. The same would 
happen with 'swashed' (fancier versions used for the first letter in a 
document etc) caps as they are often quite large. I personally feel that 
overlapping text is down to the designer to fix by increasing the 
line-height. However this may not always be possible due to font 
substitutions and user preferences etc.

Regards

Ric

On 09/01/2012 11:05, Anton Prowse wrote:
> On 09/01/2012 11:05, Richard Le Poidevin wrote:
>
>>
>> Whilst I don't understand the complexities of how the lines are laid out
>> in browsers for your reference here is how InDesign handles accents.
>>
>> http://www.betleywhitehorne.com/ric-lep/fix-css-line-height/indesign-accents.png 
>>
>>
>> They pop out of the top of the box. It looks like the text is aligned
>> using the height of capital letters, and accents are placed above this.
>> As each typeface is different I guess the exact spaces may vary as some
>> could place accents a little differently or have some letters that are
>> taller than others etc.
>
> Thanks, that's interesting.  In that screenshot, if the first "p" in 
> the title had been directly above the "I" on the following line, and 
> the "I" had had an accent above it, that accent would overlay the 
> bottom of the "p", right?
>
> Cheers,
> Anton Prowse
> http://dev.moonhenge.net
>
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