Leading (disambiguation)
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Leading
Leading
In typography, leading refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type. The term originated in the days of hand-typesetting, when thin strips of lead were inserted into the formes to increase the vertical distance between lines of type...

is the amount of added vertical spacing between lines of type.

Leading may also refer to:
  • Leading (management), enlisting the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task
  • Leading actor
    Leading actor
    A leading actor, leading actress, star, or simply lead, plays the role of the protagonist in a film or play. The word lead may also refer to the largest role in the piece and leading actor may refer to a person who typically plays such parts or an actor with a respected body of work...

    , the actor who plays the role of the protagonist in a film or play
  • Leading Comics
    Leading Comics
    Leading Comics was a comic book published by what is now DC Comics during the 1940s and early 1950s, a period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books. At the title's inception, DC was actually two companies, National Comics and All-American Publications...

    , a comic book published by what is now DC Comics during the 1940s and early 1950s
  • Leading question
    Leading question
    In common law systems that rely on testimony by witnesses, a leading question or suggestive interrogation is a question that suggests the answer or contains the information the examiner is looking for. For example, this question is leading:...

    , a question that suggests the answer or contains the information for which the examiner is searching in common law systems
  • Leading-tone
    Leading-tone
    In music theory, a leading-note is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading-tone, respectively....

    , a note resolves to a note one semitone higher or lower in music theory
  • Voice leading
    Voice leading
    In musical composition, voice leading is the term used to refer to a decision-making consideration when arranging voices , namely, how each voice should move in advancing from each chord to the next.- Details :...

    , a decision-making consideration when arranging voices in musical composition
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