leading override

[smokeetyres]

Will under leading text be available? i.e. 12 pt type with 5pt of leading looks like 12pt on a 17pt line – 0pt lead seems to be a solid setting - when trying to under lead given this construct -3pt the data field defaults to 0 and the type appears unchanged. 

Seems like under leading would be helpful and also maybe defining the actual height of the line would be more in keeping with a traditional mark up - 12/17 or 36/29.

This is a very cool application. Thank you.

 

[Old Bruce]

38 minutes ago, smokeetyres said:

Will under leading text be available? i.e. 12 pt type with 5pt of leading looks like 12pt on a 17pt line

Check see if you have "Align to baseline grid" on in the Paragraph Style or Studio.

[smokeetyres]

with the "align to baseline grid" checked and unchecked in the "create paragraph style" window 0pt leading is the least amount of lead offered - and that is a solid setting — interestingly if the font size increased at this juncture the setting is then underfeeding to the new point size yet the leading indicator in the type window still indicates 0pts of leading.

thank you,

 

[AdamW]

Hi smokeetyres,

Is this not the kind of thing you are seeing?

 

[Dave Harris]

On 1/22/2019 at 8:06 PM, smokeetyres said:

Will under leading text be available? i.e. 12 pt type with 5pt of leading looks like 12pt on a 17pt line – 0pt lead seems to be a solid setting - when trying to under lead given this construct -3pt the data field defaults to 0 and the type appears unchanged. 

Seems like under leading would be helpful and also maybe defining the actual height of the line would be more in keeping with a traditional mark up - 12/17 or 36/29.

This is a very cool application. Thank you.

 

The leading for a line will be the largest leading of any of the characters in the line. So if you are setting Leading Override on the characters to a small value, you'll need to set it on each and every character, otherwise some other character will make it bigger.

Be aware that Leading Override is for special circumstances. Normally you'd set Leading on the paragraph instead, which naturally will affect all the characters in the paragraph (if they don't override it). This is one of the things which Affinity does differently to Adobe apps.