246590 - Crowded text; needs more space between lines

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Layout, defect)

Description

[Neil]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

Dear Gurus,

Mozilla displays this webpage much more nicely than IE 6.  Mozilla does not 
allow the lines of text to spread on top of each other when the text-size is 
increased.  And I appreciate the text-size can be increased infinitely.

But I would like to see more space between lines.  Maybe access a new function 
by right-clicking inside a frame.

In the Printing world, the technical word is "Leading" (Led'-ing).  It refers 
to putting slabs of lead (Pb) between lines in a printing press.

On those occasions when a webpage is text-intensive, it would be easier to read 
if the text weren't so crowded.

Thanks,
        -Neil-

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

.maintext 		{  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;
font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: black ; line-height: 10pt }

Line height is only 10pt.  We're doing what the CSS says to do.

Points shouldn't be used to layout a screen style sheet.  Points are for print.

No idea why IE is rendering as it is.  But I think this bug is probably not valid.

Comment 2

[Neil]

Dear Bill,

You wrote:

> Points are for print.

I used the "print" example only because I don't know the proper vocabulary for a
"display."

I run across enough websites where the text lines are very close-spaced.  It
happens often enough that I thought it deserved comment.  And Micro$oft wouldn't
listen to me.

OK your explanation that the page was written in 10 pt.  Whatever; Mozilla can
increase the text size sufficiently; but it would be nice if the display could
also be adjusted so there is some small space between the lines, as there should be.

You wrote:

> But I think this bug is probably not valid.

I agree this would be an invalid bug.  However, I'm pretty sure I entered this
as a Feature Request.

The meat of the internet is in the text.  When hundreds of words of crowded
paragraphs need to be read, it would be nice if they could be uncluttered by
putting a little space between the lines.

Just my suggestion.  Best luck.

Comment 3

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-5, no longer working on Mozilla)]

increasing the default line-height isn't practical