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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Line spacing in qt-copy
From:       Ellis Whitehead <kde () ellisw ! net>
Date:       2002-03-20 1:17:16
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On Tuesday 19 March 2002 19:02, Oliver Strutynski wrote:
> The screenshot already uses a 5px leading for a 9px font, that really seems
> appropriate to me. For print, you usually have a 1-3 pt leading for a 9 pt
> font. It is often recommended to add 1 or two px leading for screen fonts,
> but 9/14 should be enough from the point of legibility.
>
> I also find that personally very legible and I just checked with my KMail
> installation 2.2.2 using QT 2.3.1 and found the same leading there (with a
> different font face though). I never had any problems reading messages
> here, but perhaps that's in part a matter of what one is used to as well.

I think you're missing the point, Oliver.  The issue is the vertical spacing, 
not the lead.

Print is definitively less compact than the screen shot.  On 4th and 5th lines 
on the screenshot, for example, the vertical separation between the 'g' of 
"kde.org" and the 'k' of "kde.org" is only two pixel.  Magazine print is 
certainly compact, but it has _twice_ the spacing at the same font size.  
KMail with Qt 3.0.2 has almost twice that.

KMail with Qt 3.0.2 is a bit too 'loose' for my taste, but the opposite 
extreme of practically no separation is worse.  I vote to have our spacing 
reflect print norms.  And this means adding a couple pixels to the y-axis.

Regards,
Ellis

 
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