[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 #19 from RGB <rgb.mldc at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) from comment #18)
> @RGB: So in short, you disagree with the change of using what Butterick's
> Practical Typography recommends, 

NO, NO and NO again. What I'm saying is that what Butterick recommends was
misinterpreted!

Again, Butterick says that line spacing should be between 120 and 140 % OF THE
POINT SIZE, but MOST FONTS ALREADY PROVIDE THAT SPACING BY DESIGN ON THEIR
DEFAULT LINE SPACING. If you set on Writer "proportional at 120%" you are
taking a 120% of a 120% of the point size WHICH GIVES YOU A RIDICULOUS 144%.
And that's on the best case scenario: fonts like GNU Free Font, Gentium Plus
and the aforementioned Sukhumala have larger default line spacing, up to 130%
or even more. Almost every typeface that supports non European scripts have
larger than normal default line spacing: on them, "proportional at 120%" is
even more ridiculous. 

So, to summarize: WHAT'S IMPLEMENTED ON WRITER IS NOT WHAT BUTTERICK
RECOMMENDS. Writer's implementation of default line spacing IS WRONG.

Why it is so difficult to understand this simple problem? Anyway, do whatever
you want. I'm tired. I'm quitting this silly discussion right now so don't ask
me more, I already gave my answers.


> as that is what has been implemented. Cant
> say that i agree with you, or to the suggest maximum of 110%, as i find
> single line spacing quite cramped and difficult to read, and believe
> 'Default Style' should also be changed from single. Also none of the major
> word processors default to using single line spacing.
> 
> MS Word 2007-2010 : 1.15 (10pt below paragraph)
> MS Word 2013+     : 1.08 ( 8pt below paragraph)
> iWork Pages       : 1.2
> Google Docs       : 1.15 ( 0pt below paragraph)
> 
> (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #17)
> > For what it is worth, current Microsoft Office normal.dotm sets spacing for
> > multi-line paragraph to 1.08, not 1.15
> 
> Yes this is correct, as i regularly use 2010 and assumed 2013+ used the same.

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