---
title: textHeight
card_id: 85522
---

# textHeight

```
set [the] textHeight to [ph:posInteger]
set [the] textHeight of [ph:field] to [ph:posInteger]
```

The `textHeight` property returns or sets the space, in pixels, between the baselines of Paint text or text in fields. (`TextHeight` doesn't apply to buttons because buttons can display only one line of text.)

The default value is the value of the `textSize` property plus one-third of that value.

You can’t set the `the textHeight` to a value less than the `textSize`.

The `textHeight` property affects a field only when the field’s `fixedLineHeight` property is true.

## Examples

```
the textHeight of field 1

set the textHeight to 15 -- for the text tool
set the textHeight of field 1 to 12
```

## Related Topics

* [reset](/HyperTalkReference/commands/reset)
* [textAlign](/HyperTalkReference/properties/textAlign)
* [textFont](/HyperTalkReference/properties/textFont)
* [textSize](/HyperTalkReference/properties/textSize)
* [textStyle](/HyperTalkReference/properties/textStyle)