Increase default theme linespacing from 0.9 to 1.2

Author: has2k1

doc/changelog.qmd

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ title: Changelog
   [](:class:`~plotnine.geom_point`) when the shape is mapped to variable with missing
   values.
 
+### Enhancements
+
+- Increased the default linespacing used by themes from `0.9` to `1.2`.
+  This gives multiline titles, subtitles and captions a better balance between looking compact and looking crumpled.
+
 ## v0.15.3
 (2025-01-28)
 

plotnine/themes/theme_gray.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def __init__(self, base_size=11, base_family=None):
                 color="black",
                 ma="center",
                 size=base_size,
-                linespacing=0.9,
+                linespacing=1.2,
                 rotation=0,
                 margin=margin(),
             ),

plotnine/themes/theme_void.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, base_size=11, base_family=None):
                 style="normal",
                 color="black",
                 size=base_size,
-                linespacing=0.9,
+                linespacing=1.2,
                 rotation=0,
                 margin=margin(),
             ),