mdeck@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Mary Deck) (06/27/90)
In article <76785@aerospace.AERO.ORG> zevpeter@aerospace.aero.org (ze'ev peter) writes: > >How can I easily double space a document in LaTeX? Thanks. I would think that the easiest way (especially if you're not a TeXnician, or if you're lazy) is to use the doublespace style (available by anonymous ftp from ymir.claremont.edu in the directory [anonymous.tex.inputs.latex-contrib]). Or did I miss something? .....Mary
dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (06/28/90)
In article <29447@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, mdeck@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Mary Deck) writes... >In article <76785@aerospace.AERO.ORG> zevpeter@aerospace.aero.org (ze'ev peter) writes: >>How can I easily double space a document in LaTeX? Thanks. >I would think that the easiest way (especially if you're not a >TeXnician, or if you're lazy) is to use the doublespace style >(available by anonymous ftp from ymir.claremont.edu in the directory >[anonymous.tex.inputs.latex-contrib]). I hate it when this question comes up... OK, one more time. This is your document. This is doublespacing. This is your document with doublespacing. SSSSSS! Now for the informational portion of this message. Part I: Doublespacing: how to do it and why. A. Doublepacing for editorial revision If your sole reason for double spacing is to give yourself room to write interline commentary on a draft, the best way of handling this is to type \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2} in the preamble of your document (between \documentstyle and \begin{document}). This will doublespace EVERYTHING. B. The doublespace style option If your document is largely straightforward text and everything should be doublespaced except footnotes and tables, a good way of handling this situation is to use the doublespace style option (see below for details on obtaining files mentioned in this article). Your document would then look something like: \documentstyle[doublespace]{article} \newenvironment{aroundtbl}{\begin{center}\begin{singlespace}% {\end{singlespace}\end{center}} \begin{document} .. Note that the singlespace environment should _never_ be used within \begin{document}..\end{document} since this makes producing a version of that document which is entirely singlespaced more difficult. (The general rule of thumb is that you should place anything that affects the appearance of your document in a new command or new environment and use that instead. Changing document styles with a class of document types (e.g., article, report, book, etc.) should require *no* changes inside the document body.) A complete document style which handles double spacing is the paper document style. Part II: Some notes on double spacing Doublespacing is one of those nasty things inflicted upon the typesetting world by people who are too cheap to use proper margins. Very wide lines may be made more readable by increasing the leading between lines. Thus lines averaging 15 words that are single spaced are harder to read than the same lines double spaced (see _First Principles of Typography_ by Stanley Morison). Since authors' typescripts were generally typed to minimize the page count and thus used tight margins and narrow (usually 12-pitch) type double spacing was used to improve the readability of the manuscripts as well as provide the editor room to leave comments. Part III: Obtaining files mentioned in this note. doublespace.sty is available from ymir.claremont.edu by anonymous FTP from [anonymous.tex.inputs.latex-contrib]doublespace.sty. Mailserv users should send the command send [tex.inputs.latex-contrib]doublespace.sty to mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu The paper style (for undergraduate papers) consists of three files all avaiable for anonymous FTP on ymir.claremont.edu from the directory [anonymous.tex.inputs.latex-contrib]. The relevant files are paper.sty, pap12.sty, and pap11.sty. Mailserv users should send the commands send [tex.inputs.latex-contrib]paper.sty send [tex.inputs.latex-contrib]pap10.sty send [tex.inputs.latex-contrib]pap11.sty to mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont Consulting and dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu production work. Free Estimates. dhosek@ymir.bitnet uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (06/28/90)
people sometimes forget that the spacing between lines may depend on the font in use. times may need more or less spacing than garamond, or whatever. if you think your `single-spaced' document looks cramped, then maybe you should investigate the font, and see whether the default baselineskip is correct? Sebastian -- Sebastian Rahtz S.Rahtz@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) Computer Science S.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet) Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)