double space
Line separation option
Double space refers to formatting text with a full blank line between each line of writing, leaving twice the vertical distance of single spacing.
Standard in academic papers and manuscripts to allow room for editing marks and improve readability: The professor required all essays to be double spaced.
As a verb, to double space a document is to apply this formatting.
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- leadingGuiding or pacing type
- gapUnfilled space between
- paragraph breakGap dividing text sections
- formattingStructuring visual presentation
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- spacingkerning, leading, tracking, letterspacing, gap
- text breaksnewline, carriage return, line break, paragraph break, word wrap
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