Jump to content

Spacing Between Text Lines


Recommended Posts

This is probably a stupid question but I can't seem to figure out how to control the spacing in between pressing enter to start a new line. I'll attach two pictures of what I've done with changing the Leading Override from 2pt to 3pt. You'll see that there is a massive difference between 2 and 3 pt. Is there any way that you can control the spaces between lines more than this? 

Screen Shot 2018-09-20 at 3.43.39 PM.png

Screen Shot 2018-09-20 at 3.43.51 PM.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You shouldn't press Enter to start a new line. Enter is for new paragraphs. If you need to end a line early, use shift+enter which adds a line break.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Link to comment
Share on other sites

39 minutes ago, meggiemoo said:

Hi Walt! Thanks so much for your reply. I've been using shift+enter, however there is still a bit too large of a gap (or too close of one sometimes). Is there some sort of "leading" feature that offers more precision? 

There's a leading setting in the Paragraph panel:
image.png.219e6bd193fd521de419227c149dee89.png

There's also a leading override in the Character panel:

image.png.a632d12a19b31d23d6664168de893503.png

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...
  • 6 months later...

I'm interested in this thread because I am also having a lot of trouble organising leading. I make adjustments as above but nothing changes. If I keep reducing the leading down to 1pt, still no change, then at 0pt it just turns into a jumbled as can be expected. So I know where all those adjustments are but they don't effect anything in the problem text. Then Dalan_fsu' suggestion worked. The problem then became that I want to use baseline grid. But it forces excessive leading in the footnotes at a smaller font. When I turn baseline grid off I can adjust the leading in footnotes as required but it screws up leading elsewhere. So how do I override the snap to the baseline grid b=for one particular text style?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.