Manipulating line spacing in LaTeX
latex, whitespace
Solution
You can specify `\vspace` in postscript points. This will give you very fine-grained control.
or...
you can use the `setspace` package: `\usepackage{setspace}` then use the commands:
- `\singlespacing`
- `\onehalfspacing`
- `\doublespacing`
or...
you can use `\linespacing{factor}`: Use
- `\linespread{1.3}` for "one and a half" line spacing, and
- `\linespread{1.6}` for "double" line spacing.
Normally the lines are not spread, so the default line spread factor is 1.
Problem
I have a block of text in a quotation. Some of that text will be in a very small font (`\scriptsize`) and some much bigger (`\Large`). My problem is that the letters in the big font push right up against the letters in the line above. This effect is unacceptably distracting to the reader. (Trust me; for my use, it is.) My question, then: how do I insert space to push apart the lines so that the large text does not scrape against the text above it?