Command/setupinterlinespace
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\setupinterlinespace
Summary
The command \setupinterlinespace is used to set the (general) baseline skip.
Settings
\setupinterlinespace[...,...][...=...,...] | |
[...,...] | name |
line | dimension |
height | number |
depth | number |
minheight | number |
mindepth | number |
distance | dimension |
top | number height |
bottom | number |
stretch | number |
shrink | number |
Settings argument
Settings name
Description
\setupinterlinespace sets up the distance between lines. can be used in three variants:
- Without any keywords:
\setupinterlinespace
The command sets the baselineskip to the default value of2.8ex
. Use this after changing the font size.
- With a keyword:
\setupinterlinespace[KEYWORD]
The following keywords are available:- reset
- small
- medium
- big
- on
- off
- Setting all the parameters involved in line positioning:
line
: base interline spacing (baselineskip) (e.g. 3ex or 12pt)height
: size of strut as multiple ofline
(e.g. 0.72)depth
: size of strut as multiple ofline
(e.g. 0.28)top
: topskip (as multiple of line height)bottom
: maxdepth (as multiple of line height)stretch
: (glue) line stretching
Note that the lineheight
as shown in \showlayout is calculated from the baselineskip
.
However, a baselineskip
of 0
will result in a hardcoded value being used, so refrain from that.
If you want the lineheight
to never exceed the font size,
use a very small value such as 1pt
for line
.
When setting up the interlinespace, the unit matters:
% interline space adapts itself to body font size \setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] % set interlinespace to 12pt for every font size --- don’t do this! \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] % set interlinespace for a particular body font size % Useful if you think in terms of "nine-point type on eleven-point leading" \definebodyfontenvironment[9pt][interlinespace=11pt]
Examples
Call \setupinterlinespace
after a font change
\setupwhitespace[big] Original baselineskip=\the\baselineskip { \definedfont[Serif at 12pt] The interlinespace does not change automatically when the font changes\crlf baselineskip=\the\baselineskip } { \definedfont[Serif at 12pt] \setupinterlinespace Invoking setupinterlinespace sets baselineskip to 2.8ex of current font\crlf baselineskip=\the\baselineskip }
Example within \startnarrower...\stopnarrower
\setupinterlinespace[5] % this has no effect before \starttext \starttext \input tufte % this is default, not 5 \setupinterlinespace[big] \input tufte % this is big \startnarrower[left] \setupinterlinespace[small] \input tufte % this is small \stopnarrower \input tufte % this is big again \stoptext
Notes
- By Hraban on 2024-04-01T19:46:18+0200:
- It seems that
\setupinterlinespace[line=XX\baselineskip]
interacts badly with \setuplayout while\setupinterlinespace[big]
works fine.
See also
- \defineinterlinespace
- spac-ver.mkiv
- \setuplocalinterlinespace to set interline spacing locally
- \definebodyfontenvironment with keyword interlinespace to set interline spacing globally
- \setupwhitespace to set up inter-paragraph spacing