Thanks Hraban. I actually started out with just one setting for the
height, but have been adding more to see if I could achieve what ought to
be a very simple result by changing some of the others Nothing has worked
so far, even when I vary the choice of what to switch on and off. The most
intriguing is:
height=522.6275pt
with which I have been tinkering endlessly. I don't really see why I need
this at all since it should be automatically calculated from the other
settings, but it does make a difference, though in an unexpected way. If I
make just a minute alteration (plus or minus) I can achieve 39 lines or 41
lines, but never 40, on the first few pages. There is no logical reason I
can think of in any case why three pages should be correct and three
incorrect, but I'll keep at it until it comes right.
I had already found \showgrid but I can't use grid setting throughout the
books I am intending to set with ConTexT since a typical page will consist
at least of main text with 12 points between the lines and footnotes with 9
points between the lines, and often also extended quotations with 11 points
between the lines. But I will need to ensure that all pages come to the
same depth.
Oh well, back to the drawing board!
Best wishes
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 at 11:57, Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 23.06.25 um 11:19 schrieb John Was:
Hello
For some reason I'm having a lot of trouble getting the page to include precisely 40 lines of text (10.5 Baskerville with an interline depth of 12 points). On an experimental file with 6 full-depth pages and no footnotes, I find that the first three have 39 lines and the second three have the desired 40 lines. You will see from the code below that I have been tinkering a lot, but it ought to be a simple matter! Can someone let me know what I should be doing?
Here's the code (and I have to desert my desk now till this afternoon so am not in a hurry for an answer!):
Use
EITHER
height=522.6275pt,
OR
%lines=40%this messes up position on the A4 page
As I said, you’re using too many settings, some interfere.
And if you want a fixed number of lines, grid setting makes sense. (Hint: \showgrid)
Hraban
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