Robert Covington wrote:

>
>
> Crud.
>
> The help says it gives the sum of the Ascending, Leading and Descending.
>
> What the hell are those exactly...I figured it -was- the height of the
> largest glyph in the font.
>
> >fontHeight% = USR FONTHEIGHT
> >
> >Definition
> >
> >Returns the current font height setting for the output window. The font
> >height is a total of the its ascent, descent, and leading.
>
>

I read my last post, and it sounded as though I knew what I was talking about.

This is usually the sign (in me) of deep ignorance.

All I know is that when I use USR Fontheight to give me the space to allow for
a scrolling list item, it allowas space for the highest the lowest and a bit
extra top and buttock so the hats don't touch the shoes of the line above..

Regards

Ian