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Line Height And Primary Leading - What's The
DocumentID: 652435
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:16 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: What is the difference, if any, between setting a value for line height and setting a value for primary leading? Is there an advantage to using one or the other? Solutions: If the font is changed, there will be a difference between primary
leading and line height. If a line height of .2" is set while in
a Courier 10cpi font and then the font is switched to a Line Printer 16.67cpi font, each line will still be .2" even though the Line Printer 16.67cpi is a shorter font. The results of this action will be more white space vertically between the letters with the smaller font.

With primary leading, when X amount of white space is added between the lines, that white space will remain the same regardless of what
fonts are used. The leading amount is added to the line height definition. As explained above, the line height will change when fonts are changed, unless the line height code is set as a constant.

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