[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 94464] Text Body default line spacing too big ( proportional 120% instead of Single )

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94464

--- Comment #31 from Kenneth Hanson <khanson679 at gmail.com> ---
I think I've figured out what happened in the misunderstanding above. Let's see
if I can summarize.

The traditional recommendation for optimal line height is 120-145% of the point
size, depending on the exact typeface. Nowadays, individual font files include
this information, which MSO and LO use to determine the single line spacing.

The comment on Butterick's webpage about single spacing in MS Word being 117%
and the recommendation to use a value of 1.03–1.24 to set the line spacing is
therefore misleading. Based on a factoid I found elsewhere
(https://medium.com/@mattsamberg/line-spacing-explained-9aecda41f48d) it looks
like the long-time standard Times New Roman uses 14 pt line spacing for 12 pt
font size, yielding 117%. But for other fonts the value will be different.

Whoever set the body text line spacing to 120% based on this webpage was
clearly confused. As RGB notes, this value results in typical western fonts
having line spacing ranging from the high end of the suggested range (in the
case of Times New Roman and Liberation Serif) to far above it (in the case of
the fonts RGB mentioned).

Whatever other programs choose to do, the LO value is definitely too large. The
fact that the text body style of 120% value differs from the 115% found in the
drop-downs is also rather annoying. So in the short term I second the idea of
setting both to 115%, even if only as a stopgap.

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