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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... The leading may be increased to align the bottom line of text on a page in a process known as feathering, carding, or vertical justification ...
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More definitions of "leading":
- (noun): The activity of leading.
Synonyms: leadership
- (adj): Indicating the most important performer or role.
Example: "The leading man"
Synonyms: prima, star, starring, stellar
- (noun): Thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing.
Synonyms: lead
- (adj): Going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way.
Example: "We rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
- (adj): Purposefully formulated to elicit a desired response.
Example: "A leading question"
- (adj): Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement.
Example: "The country's leading poet"
Synonyms: greatest, preeminent
Famous quotes containing the word leading:
“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)
“The clergyman is expected to be a kind of human Sunday. Things must not be done in him which are venial in the week-day classes. He is paid for this business of leading a stricter life than other people. It is his raison d’être.... This is why the clergyman is so often called a “vicar”Mhe being the person whose vicarious goodness is to stand for that of those entrusted to his charge.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“America is essentially a woman’s country—why shouldn’t the leading novelists be women?”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)