[groff] 19/25: [docs]: Be specific re: default vertical spacing.

[G. Branden Robinson]

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commit 52604fdd9f9f0d4e462ffd1e8a2d15cbdc4779a6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 29 01:21:25 2022 +1100

    [docs]: Be specific re: default vertical spacing.
    
    It was probably unnecessary to hedge against future changes in standard
    typographical vertical spacing.  The 120% ratio convention is older than
    I am and I expect it to long survive me.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 6 +++---
 man/roff.7.man | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 177b674d..84c70cd0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5543,9 +5543,9 @@ top to the bottom of the page.
 @cindex spacing, vertical
 @cindex vee
 @dfn{Vertical spacing} is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
-In ordinary circumstances, this quantity is tightly coupled to the type
-size.  The initial drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
-below the page top.  Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
+In ordinary circumstances, this quantity is 120% of the type size.  The
+initial drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing below the page
+top.  Typographers have a name for this unit:@: ``vee''.
 
 @cindex page break
 @cindex break, page
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 220968e6..b2901964 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ the top to the bottom of the page.
 is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
 .
 In ordinary circumstances,
-this quantity is tightly coupled to the type size.
+this quantity is 120% of the type size.
 .
 The initial vertical drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
 below the page top.