[xep-support] How to control spacing between lines within a single block

[janofskyj at comcast.net]

Ken,

I was using negative spacing to reduce the space between blocks, however, my intent was to reduce the space between the lines. I think using line height is the correct way to do it. Thank you for that information! I will try it.

Jerry J


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From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights.com> 

> At 2007-07-30 20:08 -0400, Jerry Janofsky wrote: 
> >When text scrolls within a fo:block, is there a way to control the 
> >spacing between the lines? I want to be able to reduce the space. I 
> >am able to reduce the space between blocks by using a negative value 
> >for the space-after attribute. 
> > 
> >Any suggestions would be appreciated. 
> 
> The space between lines is called leading and is controlled by the 
> line height. If you say nothing about line height, the initial value 
> is anything between 1.0 and 1.2, depending on the decision of the 
> XSL-FO engine. 
> 
> To remove leading you can say: 
> 
> 
> 
> You could even tighten things up if you wanted and you weren't 
> worried about descenders touching ascenders. 
> 
> I've never found a need to use negative line spacing in a production 
> environment ... what effect are you trying to get? If you change 
> line height to "1" you probably can remove the negative space-after. 
> 
> I hope this helps. 
> 
> . . . . . . . . . . . Ken 
> 
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