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Line spacing is normally automatic but can be overridden see image below for where to do that...
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Can anyone tell me what the original problem is?

I opened the image in Designer and dragged guides to the baseline of each text line (to the lowest points of the lower-case ‘t’s, as much as I could visually) and the space between the baselines, after a quick manual calculation, is the same 52 pixels (give or take a pixel which can be accounted for by various things like rounding and antialiasing).

It looks fine to me, so am I missing something about the original problem?

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3 hours ago, GarryP said:

Can anyone tell me what the original problem is?

It looks good to me, too, though I didn't try measuring it. However, the descender of the "p" in line 2 and the "t" in line 3 nearly collide. So I think it needs a bit more leading.

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13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

However, the descender of the "p" in line 2 and the "t" in line 3 nearly collide. So I think it needs a bit more leading.

The original seems fine to me, without knowing where the text will be used, as real handwriting can often overlap; it’s down to personal taste of course.

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It was simply a spacing issue between the lines.
I wanted more space between each line. The original image is tight and
I could not make more spacing using the line spacing tab.
After quitting the app I tried again and it worked.

This being said it was most probably a mistake I was making and not an app issue.

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Maybe @Albo meant justify ?

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You mean evenly distributed in the black box ?

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1 minute ago, laurent32 said:

You mean evenly distributed in the black box ?

No. The default line spacing is determined by the ascender/descender settings inside the font. With a plain-vanilla text font you generally want those to add up to approx.  120%. But decorative fonts can be much more. As @walt.farrellmentions above the descender and ascender are almost touching (not good) and it just looks tight. And what handwriting would be that tight? The font needs some tweaking. 

 

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@kenmcd, i understand @walt.farrell's post and I agree for a little more leading… but not that much…

I'm just trying to understand the question and I'm saying that @Albo might just want to evenly space (distribute) the line in the black box ?

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OK, I guess all is fine then 👍

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31 minutes ago, Albo said:

Font: Rollerscript.

Odd metrics in that font. The Typo metrics (used by Affinity and many other apps) add up to exactly 1,000. So basically the default line spacing is 100%. The Mac and Win metrics both add up to a little over 150%. Which makes more sense for a handwriting font.

So odd settings in that font explains your issue. And as you have found setting a fixed leading is the solution.

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