In a message dated 2010.06.21 09:53 -0500, Joe Smith wrote:
Maybe someone here knows why the line spacing is increased when
bullets are applied? ...
I've been working (off & on) at something of a "howto" on OOo
Writer's lists. Here's the section that I did for this problem:
http://www.martnet.com/~jes/temp/OOo_Writer_Bullet_Size.pdf
Hope it's helpful; if not, let me know how to improve it.
It answer the question perfectly: OpenSymbol (OO's default font for
Insert|Symbol) has a taller linespace (for a given point size) than
whatever text font the author happens to be using, so Writer adapts to
the taller font. That's the right and simple answer, but it leaves a
couple of wrinkles, which go beyond the immediate problem but are
germane and would enhance the value of your already valuable explanation:
- Is there normative relationship between point size and line height?
If not, what does point size mean?
- Cor found that he had to go to /half/ the nominal point size (in
OpenSymbol) to match the line height of his text font (I forget what
that was) - for example, 10pt OpenSymbol to a 20pt text size. This
seems like quite a jump. Is there anything in the font specs that can
guide a user to matching an OpenSymbol character to the characters in
the text font (or more generally, any character in one font to the size
of another font)?
Sorry, I realize these questions are easier to ask than to answer, but
they really do go to the heart of the problem, and so I think would
enhance the explanation. If you don't know the answers, there's no
obligation on your part to provide them [you have already done more than
I have by providing the excellent how-to], but then maybe someone who
knows fonts may see this and add to the discussion.
John
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