> Why do people appear to prefer the opposite (massive distance between lines)?
Readability. Having text crammed into as little space as possible is efficient, but many people have problem reading it.
Readability. Having text crammed into as little space as possible is efficient, but many people have problem reading it.
I guess I could have an unusual take on this, but I find a lot of mono fonts seem to have massive inter-line spacing. So much so that their appearance is almost jarring to me. I find it disruptive to read. If I had issues with the legibility of a font then I'd increase its size, not the spacing between lines.
As mentioned earlier though, I guess I'm an odd-one-out here, I'm seeking to understand how/why my view here is unusual.