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Nov 11, 2021 at 19:45 comment added Stefan Kottwitz @CGFoX I remember \linespread is for the entire document.
Nov 11, 2021 at 12:26 comment added stefanbschneider Can I use linespread just for two lines but not as default for the entire document?
Aug 25, 2019 at 10:21 comment added Waldir Leoncio In my case, \linespread worked for some elements, but to change spacing in the document body I had to use \linespacing.
Nov 4, 2015 at 7:53 comment added Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin Also, as explained in tex.stackexchange.com/a/30114/7262, setspace package adjusts the factors correctly for 10pt/11pt/12pt documents, which would be messier and easy forget if you use \linespread directly.
Jan 23, 2014 at 0:32 comment added brita_ According to this: tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=linespace "setspace switches off double-spacing at places where even the most die-hard official would doubt its utility (footnotes, figure captions, and so on); it’s very difficult to do this consistently if you’re manipulating \baselinestretch yourself."
Jan 22, 2014 at 21:02 comment added brita_ Why would a package be preferred over \linespread?
Jul 29, 2011 at 21:29 history edited Stefan Kottwitz CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 8, 2010 at 22:59 comment added lockstep \linespread is also useful for fonts with large x-height (large lower case letters) to avoid the visual appearance of cramped pages. E.g. when using the Palatino font (\usepackage{mathpazo}), \linespread{1.05} is appropriate.
Aug 5, 2010 at 11:11 vote accept Vebjorn Ljosa
Aug 2, 2010 at 17:10 history answered Stefan Kottwitz CC BY-SA 2.5