Affinity Publisher: Text Style - Line spacing

[Foolix]

Hello,

I am just getting used to the text styles panel.

Here I can change the font family, font size... but somehow not the line height. Am I blind or does this feature not yet exist for text styles?

Thanks for any help.

Felix

[Wosven]

Hi @Foolix

You can modify the line height, in the context toolbar, in the paragraph panel or in the paragraph style.

By default, paragraph are set with 12pts space below, and it's better to set it back to 0.

[Foolix]

But when I modify the line height it won't be saved as a formatting style, right?

 

I wish to have the line height saved in some sort of style so that I can apply the same line height to a multitude of paragraphs.

Isn't that possible?

[Wosven]

If you modify an already existing paragraph style, you can update the style to keep this parameter, or add a new style.

For those actions, looks at the small buttons at the bottom of the panel.

[PMan]

Hi Foolix

To illustrate what Wosven replied to you,  first open a text box and use the paragraph panel   

to set the line spacing to your desired height.  Here I've reduced spacing from default of 12 [points] down to  6.

 

 

Next, highlight some text and then open the Text STYLES panel 

 

 

Finally click on the   Update Paragraph Style button

 

Now all instances of Body text in this publication will be to these settings.

For more permanent settings [assuming you have done this in a new publication, delete the text box(es)  that you used to try out your settings so that you now have a blank publication and export this as a TEMPLATE  [Note it is Export as Template  not Save As.

#f you open any new publication using this template, then Body text will be to your required setting.  You can, of course, change any of the standard paragraph styles in this way and even create new styles. Then after altering/updating styles, as long as you Export as Template, you will have the changes permanently to hand.  Also note that when you save a publication your text styles are saved within the publication so that when somebody else opens your publication it will be laid out as you set it [though the included styles are NOT saved in their Affinity programme.

Find more information in the Help files.

Pman  [Windows 10, Publisher Beta -1.9.0.887]

 

 

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[Foolix]

Thank you pman,

this was helpful!

Foolix