Manipulating line spacing in LaTeX

Question

Hello everyone,

I have a block of text in a quotation. Some of that text will be in 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?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There are myriad methods, but in paper writing, I often use a \vspace{0.75cm} after the separating newline (I'm metric, so pick a unit you like).

Answer 2

you can specify \vspace in postscript points. this will give you very fine grain control.

or...

you can use the setspace package: \usepackage{setspace} then use the commands: \singlespacing, \onehalfspacing, and \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.