Re: [Groff] ?Bug in tbl?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> After a bit of experimentation (use option "allbox" to make the
> widths visible) I believe the behavior can be explained as
> follows:
> 
> For calculating the cell widths, all cell contents are inspected
> *independently*.  Thus, the apparently longest line ("Let her
> fame spread far and wide") does not see the "\s[18]" of the other
> cell and is therefore assumed to be at the default point size,
> and the width of the cell is computed accordingly.  On output,
> however, the individual cells are not sandboxed, so the "\s[18]"
> stays in effect, leading to the "strange" appearance.

Tadziu was a few minutes faster than me.  Either use \s[18] on every
line, or use `lp18' as the formatting rule.


    Werner