Leading

Leading

In typography, leading ( /ˈlɛdɪŋ/) refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type. The term originated in the days of hand-typesetting, when thin strips of lead were inserted into the formes to increase the vertical distance between lines of type. The term is still used in modern page layout software such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign.

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Famous quotes containing the word leading:

    you are leading me on
    To the spots we knew when we haunted here together,
    Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    I shouldn’t say I’m looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don’t know what normal is. This has been normal for me.
    Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)

    I have always rebelled against the unadorned, the unbefitting, the unawakened, the unresisting, the undesirable, the unplanned, the unshapely, the uncommitted, the unattempted—all leading to the unintended. I believe in the unsubmissive, the unfaltering, the unassailable, the irresistible, the unbelievable—in other words, in an art of life.
    Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)