[Tex/LaTex] How to set fixed (8mm) linespacing

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My university wants me to have in my report line spacing of not less than 8mm. ( Font size must be 11pt or larger. )

How can I specify this other than using \lineskip which is discouraged?

I'd like to use memoir but even with setspace I could not find how to get this done.

Best Answer

Say \linespread{2.37} in the preamble.

The strut for 11pt font size is 9.52pt high, adding 8mm gives 32.28pt; dividing 32.28 by 13.6pt (the normal baseline skip), we get 2.37.

It goes without saying that the result is very poor from a typographical point of view.

If "line spacing" means the distance between consecutive baselines, then the computation is different: 8mm = 22.76219pt; dividing this by 13.6pt yields a factor 1.674:

\linespread{1.674}
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