[groff] 29/30: [docs]: Revise introduction of vertical spacing.

[G. Branden Robinson]

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commit 70b8938e4b98547eb94f6c3ea95f53fcbbd273e0
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jun 15 06:45:52 2022 -0500

    [docs]: Revise introduction of vertical spacing.
    
    [docs]: Revise introduction of vertical spacing context to avoid render
    inference that the formatter will compute a vertical spacing appropriate
    to the type size automagically--it will not.
    
    Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62617>.  Thanks to Dave Kemper for
    the report.
---
 ChangeLog      | 9 +++++++++
 doc/groff.texi | 2 +-
 man/roff.7.man | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7cfb27f3..cff4d8e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2022-06-15  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+       [docs]: Revise introduction of vertical spacing context to avoid
+       render inference that the formatter will compute a vertical
+       spacing appropriate to the type size automagically--it will not.
+
+       Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62617>.  Thanks to Dave
+       Kemper for the report.
+
 2022-06-15  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
        [docs]: Revise discussion of end-of-sentence detection.
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 8c0c9177..70a004c5 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5633,7 +5633,7 @@ 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 120% of the type size.  The
+Typographic tradition sets this quantity to 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''.
 
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index a0f940a3..6d650d77 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ the top to the bottom of the page.
 .I Vertical spacing
 is the distance between adjacent text baselines.
 .
-In ordinary circumstances,
-this quantity is 120% of the type size.
+Typographic tradition sets this quantity to 120% of the type size.
 .
 The initial vertical drawing position is one unit of vertical spacing
 below the page top.