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Line Height - Differences Between Auto And Fi |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
Problem
Symptoms: After fixing the line height, the text prints higher. Using the HP LaserJet III, the customer selects the CG Times (Scalable) font and chooses 14 point for the size. The user types four lines of text and then at the beginning of a new line they input into the document a Fixed Line Height code (Shift-F8, 1, 4, 2, Enter). The user does not change the default line height, but wants to "lock" the original default setting. The customer will then type in four more lines of text. On the following line, the user will change the line height back to auto (Shift-F8, 1, 4, 1) then type four more lines of text. The last portion of text (last four lines after the line height change to "auto") are spaced properly, however, the block as a whole is positioned too high on the page. In other words, there is too narrow of a space between the second block (4 lines) of text and the third block of text (after the change back to auto). It would seem that even though there are line height "changes" between the blocks of text, the actual measurement is not changed. Solutions: According to Development, the program is working as designed. Development states, "When WP prints a line in auto line height, the program establishes the baseline based on the font information. For the font in question, the ascender height is .14", and the descender is about .055", and then the program adds 2 points of leading (about .027"), so the total amount below the baseline is about .082". But when WP prints a line in fixed line height, the program takes 3/4 of the fixed line height to be the ascender height and 1/4 to be the descender (the 2 points of leading issue does not apply, since any number of fonts may be on a line and thus fixed line height must be independent of any fonts on the line). Thus, in this example, where the fixed line height is .222", the amount above the baseline is about .167", and the amount below is about .055". The difference of .027" between the .14" in auto line height and the .167" in fixed line height is what you are noticing." It is suggested that the customer set a Fixed Line Height at the beginning of the document. |
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