PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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Tips
To avoid unnecessary white space at the top of a page, TFORM discards
any blank lines, such as gaps between paragraphs, when they fall at a
page break. TFORM always obeys the SPACE command, however,
regardless of where the spacing occurs. This is useful when you need
to leave space—perhaps for an illustration—at the top of a page.
Interline spacing does not affect the SPACE command. That is, a
command such as SPACE 5 spaces 5 single lines even if double or triple
spacing is in effect.
TFORM ignores the keyword PAGE if the SPACE command is within
the scope of a KEEP command. KEEP may move lines to the next page,
so TFORM cannot determine how much space is left on a page.
A SPACE command at the beginning of a paragraph overrides the
paragraph gap setting for that paragraph.
If you are not using a 5530 printer, TFORM rounds the value in a
fractional SPACE num command to the nearest number of whole lines.
The SPACE command also causes a line break.