\setfontsize doesn't seem to set the baseline skip

Asked Oct 17 '13 at 19:15

Active Oct 17 '13 at 19:17

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For a custom title page I need to set the font size to a specific value not covered by any of the standard \Large etc. font sizes. Therefore, I use the \fontsize command. Reducing to a minimal example my code looks like this:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\begin{document}

{\noindent\fontsize{24pt}{29pt}\selectfont
\bfseries This is a\\ long title that is split\\ over multiple lines}

\vspace{2cm}
This is normal text.
\end{document}

This does change the font size, however it doesn't seem to change the baseline skip resulting in ugly line spacing. See image below:

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The following code seems to do the trick

\noindent\parbox{\textwidth}{\fontsize{24pt}{29pt}\selectfont
\bfseries This is a\\ long title that is split\\ over multiple lines}

However this seems to be a bit overcomplicated and I don't see why the first code doesn't work. What is the easiest/recommended way to set the font size in my case?

edited Oct 17 '13 at 19:17

lockstep

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asked Oct 17 '13 at 19:15

Jan van der Laan

Add \par before the closing brace... – karlkoeller Oct 17 '13 at 19:25
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Line spacing is determined at the end of the paragraph, here just outside the ending }. Try adding a \par before } – daleif Oct 17 '13 at 19:25
@karlkoeller Thanks! That does indeed do the trick. Care to add this as an answer so that I can accept it as a solution? – Jan van der Laan Oct 17 '13 at 19:29
@daleif Thanks for explaining the reason why. – Jan van der Laan Oct 17 '13 at 19:29
Yes, it's a duplicate; the linked question is about \LARGE, but it's exactly the same problem. – egreg Oct 17 '13 at 19:37
@karlkoeller I was searching with 'fontsize' as a key word so missed that one. – Jan van der Laan Oct 17 '13 at 19:41
@JanvanderLaan Never mind! – karlkoeller Oct 17 '13 at 19:43

\setfontsize doesn't seem to set the baseline skip

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