Questions tagged [line-spacing]

{line-spacing} is about adjusting the space between the lines of a document. A popular package is {setspace}.

{line-spacing} is about adjusting the space between the lines of a document. A popular package is setspace. For questions related to the setspace package, please also use the tag . For line spacing in lists, look into the package.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How can I get the entire document double spaced?
  2. Why does the linespread factor not correspond to intuitive notions of “double space” or “one-and-a-half space?”
  3. How can I increase the line spacing in a matrix?
  4. How can I reduce the space after headings?
  5. How can I change the line spacing inside a document?
  6. How can I format inline source code?
  7. Why do TeX and Word disagree about what “one-and-a-half spacing” mean?
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Change line spacing inside the document

This is my code \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book} \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} \begin{document} \include{Chapter1} \end{document} I have please a question: I would change the line spacing (1.5 --> 1.0) of a page inside the document and…
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Why is the linespread factor as it is?

The blog post Quick note on line spacing discusses line spacing and it says To change the line spacing for the entire document, you can use the linespread command in your preamble: \linespread{} The factor is somewhat confusing. For…
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baselinestretch vs. setspace

In my preamble I use \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} to get "onehalf" line spacing. This works fine. Then I started to use tnote in a threeparttable. I changed font size to \scriptsize as I think it is big enough for the table notes. I…
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linespacing without packages

I want to be sure that I understood this command as it was meant: the `\linespread` command offers just two values: 1.6 (two blank lines) and 1.3 (1 1/2 blank lines) set in the preamble, it affects the whole document to limit this to just an area,…
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Change lineskip to fill the available space

Is there a way to change lineskip such that the text fills up a certain space? MWE \documentclass{article} \usepackage{blindtext} \begin{document} \begin{minipage}[c][\textheight]{\linewidth} \blindtext \end{minipage} \end{document} Where the…
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no effect of \baselinestretch

I'm probably doing something wrong, but i can't see any effect of the command \baselinestretch, which should modify the vspace between lines. I read somewhere, that i should add \selectfont after it, but i can't see any effect…
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Interline spacing

What TeX/LaTeX parameter specifies the distance between: the bottom of one line and the top of another line I don't think baseline skip is what I want (since it measures the distance between the baseline of of two lines). I want to make sure that…
user19174
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6 lines in one inch

I am writing a proposal to the National Science Foundation, and they require no more than 6 lines in one-inch vertical spaces, with 11 pt sized Computer Modern fonts. I am using the article document class, and playing around with…
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baselinestretch outside of LaTeX preamble?

What is the difference, in LaTeX's head, between these two…
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Reduce line spacing in user defined environment

Having lots of figures and tables in my document, I have created two commands \source and \notes to format the source of the figure/table and add any notes (see MWE). The body text has double line spacing, how can I reduce the line spacing to…
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Constant baseline position

Is there a way to set a constant base line position? For example, to the baseline of the first line under any circumstances (even if the lines bump each other) started with 1 cm from the top of the page, the second - from 2cm and so on.
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Horizontal line for two column

I have \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} \begin{document} \rule{\textwidth}{1pt} \end{document} However, this line crosses the two columns. I just want the line cross the first column.
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Extreme vertical spacing between lines

How can I fine tune and reduce the vertical spacing of lines so characters from lines above and below are almost pixel-touching each other? Example:
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Double or one-half spacing

How do I double space just a portion of a document, and not the entire thing? How do I double space an entire document? What package should I use?
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Starting a new line below a certain word

I would like to start a new line directly below a certain word in previous line. For example, let the first line begins by 'Let A denote ...' and I want to have 'B denote ...' for the second line. However I want 'B' to be exactly below 'A'. Is there…
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