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  • Line spacing | Definition and Translations

    Line spacing, interline spacing, line height or leading is the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type. The term leading has its roots in letterpress printing where it referred to the lead strips added between the lines.

     

    Dutch: regelafstand
    French: interlignage
    German: Zeilenabstand
    Italian: interlinea
    Portuguese: entrelinha
    Turkish: satırlama

    Related Term(s): Leading [Letterpress typesetting]

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    Václav Ondráček

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    I can add some terms in Czech, but I don't know how to do it. V.O.

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    Ralf Herrmann

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    4 hours ago, Václav Ondráček said:

    I can add some terms in Czech, but I don't know how to do it. V.O.

    Thanks for the offer. I added Czech as an option to the database. Just click “edit” under an entry to added a translation. 

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