Posted by Neredbojias on 04/06/06 21:17

To further the education of mankind, "City Dweller" <city@dweller.com>
declaimed:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone here know how browsers calculate the leading (vertical
> distance between base lines) in a paragrap?
>
> For example, consider this HTML code:
>
> LINE1<P>LINE2

LINE1 and LINE2 aren't in a (-the same) paragraph...

> How is the vertical difference between the baselines of LINE1 and
> LINE2 calculated? I am writing an HTML rendering application and can't
> figure it out. Apparently it depends on the font size and metrics, but
> how exactly?

Normal vertical line distance can be adjusted by the css line-height
property. I've noticed that the default is not the same in all browsers
(but when I've set it, it _appeared_ to match.)

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Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.

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