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Re: need help! (font width vs. font height)


From: Roozbeh Pournader
Subject: Re: need help! (font width vs. font height)
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 10:59:53 +0330 (IRT)


On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> I rather suggest to multiply `ascender - descender' by a given value;
> for example, TeX uses the factor 1.2 by default.  Otherwise, the lines
> are sticking.

It's a matter of typographic design of the book, article, etc. You can see
single font sizes used with different '\baselineskip's in LaTeX styles.
But it is always about 1.2 times the point size of the font.




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