[OS X TeX] OT: where lines align

[Matthew Hills]

On Nov 17, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Jan Anderssen wrote:

> \disclaimer{this is not mac specific, but i hope that all you helpful 
> knowledgeable people on this list will be sympathetic with my quest 
> for a nice looking page layout and not mind the question.}
>
> there are those _nice looking_ books where lines align across pages -- 
> maybe not each single one, but the majority of them. so two pages 
> would typically look like the ones below, and if you hold the page 
> against a lit background you see the lines on front and back be on the 
> same height.

 From using InDesign, I've seen this referred to as "baseline grid."

No idea how this is handled by LaTeX -- a google search turned
up a few plaintive cries for help, so I assume that it isn't handled
well...

Matt

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