Re: Line height vs. line spacing

On Thu, Nov 11 2010 13:07:54 +0000, mcauthon1980@hotmail.com wrote:
> thanks for that very informative explanation! I must say that for me -
> coming from a purely technical/non-type setting view of the world -
> grasping the intricate details of the actual FO line building
> algorithm has always been one of the hardest and most
> arduous/mind-boggling steps in understanding the XSL-FO specification!

I've been reading those same paragraphs for years and I still need to
step through them carefully, especially when trying to explain them to
someone else.

> So specifying the line-height.precedence/line-height.conditionality on
> each block in my document seems to be the way to go, then.

Thus saith the spec [1], but YMMV.

Regards,


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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#line-height

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