proper interline spacing in tables?

[Stefano Franchi]

Dear all,

I am trying to build a table with cells containing text in small font
(scriptsize or footnote size) and single spacing paragraphs, However, I cannot
control the text spacing (i.e. the "leading) properly with the set space
package. I attach a minimal example below, a 4-cell table with text in sizes
from script to normal. There are two problems I would like to solve:

1. Only the paragraph with normal size font has correct paragraph spacing. the
other three font sizes change the spacing

2. Furthermore, even when it works, single spacing is not tight enough for the
smallest font sizes.

On problem (1): is there an incompatibility between the setspace package and
the tabular environment? Perhaps I should use a different strategy?

Any help appreciated.

Stefano

minimal example:

\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{setspace}
\singlespace

\begin{document}

\section{A table that should contain single spaced text in various font sizes}

\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|
>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|}
\hline

{\scriptsize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. }
{\scriptsize \par}
{\scriptsize Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, }
&
{\footnotesize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit.}
{\footnotesize \par}
{\footnotesize Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,}
&
{\small Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.}
{\small \par}
{\small Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,}
&
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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Stefano Franchi
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[Anish Tondwalkar]

Stefano,

When you use \tabular{p}, it makes a table of single paragraphs. Using \par or otherwise breaking it into different paragraphs breaks it.

Try this:

\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|
>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|}
\hline
{\scriptsize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.}

&
{\footnotesize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit.}

&
{\small Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.}

&
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. \\&

{\scriptsize Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, } &

{\footnotesize Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,} &

{\small Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,} &

Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}

--
Anish Tondwalkar

[jon]

if you simplify your table, it looks like your problems are solved
regarding spacing (assuming google doesn't mix up the lines, that is):

\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{array}

% \usepackage{setspace}
% \singlespace

\begin{document}

\section{A table that should contain single spaced text in various
font sizes}

\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|
>{\centering}p{1.2in}|>{\centering}p{1.2in}|}

\hline

\scriptsize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

\par%

Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
&
\footnotesize Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit.

\par%

Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
&
\small Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

\par%

Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
&
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

\par%