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commit 52604fdd9f9f0d4e462ffd1e8a2d15cbdc4779a6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 29 01:21:25 2022 +1100
[docs]: Be specific re: default vertical spacing.
It was probably unnecessary to hedge against future changes in standard
typographical vertical spacing. The 120% ratio convention is older than
I am and I expect it to long survive me.
---
doc/groff.texi | 6 +++---
man/roff.7.man | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 177b674d..84c70cd0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5543,9 +5543,9 @@ top to the bottom of the page.
@cindex spacing, vertical
@cindex vee
@dfn{Vertical spacing} is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
-In ordinary circumstances, this quantity is tightly coupled to the type
-size. The initial drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
-below the page top. Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
+In ordinary circumstances, this quantity is 120% of the type size. The
+initial drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing below the page
+top. Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
@cindex page break
@cindex break, page
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 220968e6..b2901964 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ the top to the bottom of the page.
is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
.
In ordinary circumstances,
-this quantity is tightly coupled to the type size.
+this quantity is 120% of the type size.
.
The initial vertical drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
below the page top.
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