Can you elaborate? I know nothing about typography, having cargo-culted the text rendering by arranging the code so that it somewhat resembles what SDL_ttf does.
leading would be "gaps between lines" (derived from lead strips put between lines on a mechanical typesetter, so the 'lead' is pronounced like the metal, with a short 'e').
Basically, he's asking for a little whitespace padding surrounding the subsections so they don't make a jumbled mess bumping up against each other. Just a few pixels can make a big difference.
A good amount of leading would be approximately 20-30% of the height of one line, so if you had 12pt text, an appropriate line height would be approximately 15-16pt.
Slava, you really need to add leading to its text.
ReplyDeleteCan you elaborate? I know nothing about typography, having cargo-culted the text rendering by arranging the code so that it somewhat resembles what SDL_ttf does.
ReplyDeleteleading would be "gaps between lines" (derived from lead strips put between lines on a mechanical typesetter, so the 'lead' is pronounced like the metal, with a short 'e').
ReplyDeleteBasically, he's asking for a little whitespace padding surrounding the subsections so they don't make a jumbled mess bumping up against each other. Just a few pixels can make a big difference.
What our anonymous hero wrote.
ReplyDeleteA good amount of leading would be approximately 20-30% of the height of one line, so if you had 12pt text, an appropriate line height would be approximately 15-16pt.
I highly recommend the book The Elements of Typographic Style, if you want a good guide.
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