> 150% on main copy would usually be way too much of course.
I think this is true in general, but fonts that are typically used in web design tend to have pretty tall x-heights (designed that way to compensate for low monitor pixel density). As the x-height goes up, I find the leading can too.
I like the rule of thumb that the line spacing (i.e. distance between baselines of successive lines) should be about 3x the x-height.
But I also do tend to like my lines a bit more spaced out than most. Some sort of weird compensation for suffering through years of painful single-spaced Word documents and old web pages.
I think this is true in general, but fonts that are typically used in web design tend to have pretty tall x-heights (designed that way to compensate for low monitor pixel density). As the x-height goes up, I find the leading can too.
I like the rule of thumb that the line spacing (i.e. distance between baselines of successive lines) should be about 3x the x-height.
But I also do tend to like my lines a bit more spaced out than most. Some sort of weird compensation for suffering through years of painful single-spaced Word documents and old web pages.