Right. People still use the term to mean the delta between the fontsize and the distance between baselines. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading), for example, talks about text two lines of text with 0 leading, when they mean: 12pt type with 12pt leading.
>From what I can tell, though, the usage in PDF and iText as the distance between baselines is now pretty much standard in typesetting. mr. bean Bruno Lowagie (iText) wrote: > > mister bean wrote: >> Leading is the distance between two baselines. > > As we once discussed, the word 'leading' has a different meaning > in the context of PDF compared to its original etymological meaning. > br, > Bruno > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/setLeading-Problem-tf4528572.html#a12945613 Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
