How to get consistent line spacing using seqsplit package and line spread

Question

I am using the following code to try and produce a uniform looking sequence of periods and red asterisk.

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[paperheight=11in,paperwidth=8.5in,margin=.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{seqsplit}
\begin{document}
\linespread{.3}
\noindent
\begin{center}
{\small\seqsplit{.......{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.....{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.....{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.......{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}..............{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.............{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}....................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}........................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}.{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}{*}}}..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................\\\\}}
\end{center}
\end{document}

But that code produces inconsistent line spacing. I would like all lines to be squished together.

How can I get consistent line spacing?

Maybe related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/144169. Basically use the listings package -- I think you want something close to ASCII art :). — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Mar 16 '17 at 01:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '17 at 04:23

TeX increases distance between lines because it tries to fit your stars. If you tell it that the stars have zero height and zero depth, it will not do this. Fortunately the command \raisebox has optional parameters just for this: \raisebox{amount}[height][depth]{stuff}. So this works:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[paperheight=11in,paperwidth=8.5in,margin=.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{seqsplit}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\linespread{.3}
\noindent
\begin{center}
{\small\seqsplit{.......{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.....{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.....{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.......{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}..............{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.............{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}....................................................................................................................................................................................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}........................{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}.{\textcolor{red}{\raisebox{-0.15cm}[0pt][0pt]{*}}}..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................\\\\}}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Worked like a charm and I learned something new. Thanks. – KBoehme Mar 18 '17 at 04:00 — KBoehme, Mar 18 '17 at 04:00

How to get consistent line spacing using seqsplit package and line spread

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