How can I increase the linespacing for just a few lines of code in LaTex?
[Tex/LaTex] Linespacing LaTeX for just a few lines
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Delete a spurious {} group that is reverting the change before the end of the note:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{marginnote}
\begin{document}
\setstretch{1.25}
\renewcommand{\a}{One Two Three Four Five }
\newcommand{\newdef}[2][0]{\marginnote{\setstretch{0.8}\emph{#2}}[#1\baselineskip]}
\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\newdef{spanning multiple lines}
\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a\a
\end{document}
If \appendix had been designed as an environment, then \endappendix would have been defined to add \par which is equivalent to a blank line and avoided the problem. As it is \end{appendix} is just \endgroup as such you have something equivalent to
\begingroup
\linespread{1.1}\selectfont
a paragraph of text
\endgroup
..
The linespacing is a paragraph parameter and the value used is the value at the end of the paragraph. The paragraph ends at the blank line after the group ends, at which point the values have reset to the values they had before the group. If instead you have
\begingroup
\linespread{1.1}\selectfont
a paragraph of text
\endgroup
..
Then the paragraph ends at the blank line before the group ends and so is set with the local paragraph settings.
Best Answer
The
setspacepackage provides the means the change the line spacing in a very consistent (and easy) way trough environments or by a switch. Here's a small example:Note that there is some hidden information in the above example. Since LaTeX sets text on a paragraph basis, you need to ensure that you initiate a paragraph break (through an empty line or an explicit
\par) in order for the line-spacing to take effect. This is implicitly done by thelipsumpackage's\lipsumcommand above.Switches should be grouped to limit the scope using something like
Switches and environment provided by
setspacearesinglespacingonehalfspacinganddoublespacing.However, the more general
\setstretch{<num>}macro is the required interface for doing more general line-space setting.setspaceprovides the interface with elements like\baselineskipand\linespread. See Why is the\linespreadfactor as it is? for a general discussion on the choice of<num>.Barbara mentioned the option of having an "equally wide" gap above/below the increased line spacing paragraph. The reason why it's not is because the
\baselineskipis paragraph-based. So, the paragraph following the change has a different (smaller)\baselineskip, and is therefore visually closer. A naive approach to correct for this is given below using some "fudging":The idea here is to insert a vertical strut -
\fudgestrut- using the increased\baselineskipwithin the first line of the paragraph following the line spacing change. I'm sure this process can be automated somewhat, but the use-case doesn't warrant such investigation.