Re: [ft] Incorrect text spacing.

[Werner LEMBERG]

> An inspection of all fonts on my Linux box reveals that most of them
> have over-stated a/d metrics.  I am not blaming FT.  It may just be
> forwarding metrics from the underlying font.
> 
> What should I do?

To give a definite answer I really need the font you are using.

Note that the baseline distance is not necessarily related to the
values of the ascender and descender.  TeX, for example, completely
ignores those values, using only a font's design size to derive the
default value for the baseline distance:

  baseline_distance = 1.2 * design_size

In case there would be a clash, TeX then increases the line distances
individually where necessary -- this can be switched off by the user.


    Werner