diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/feature.h aterm-0.4.2/src/feature.h
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/feature.h	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/src/feature.h	Mon Sep 17 06:38:15 2001
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@
  */
 #define SAVELINES	64
 
+/*
+ * Default line space
+ */
+#define LINESPACE 0
+
 /* (Hops) Set to choose a number of lines of context between pages 
  *      (rather than a proportion (1/5) of savedlines buffer) 
  *      when paging the savedlines with SHIFT-{Prior,Next} keys.
diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/main.c aterm-0.4.2/src/main.c
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/main.c	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/src/main.c	Mon Sep 17 06:39:22 2001
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@
 	fw = TermWin.font->min_bounds.width; /* can be error !!!! */
 	if( fw > 1000 ) fw = 0 ;  /* added by suggestion from <suchness>*/
 
-	fh = TermWin.font->ascent + TermWin.font->descent;
+	fh = TermWin.font->ascent + TermWin.font->descent + TermWin.lineSpace;
 
 	if (TermWin.font->min_bounds.width == TermWin.font->max_bounds.width)
 	    TermWin.fprop = 0;	/* Mono-spaced (fixed width) font */
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@
     rs_geometry = NULL;		/* window geometry */
     rs_minBufferWidth = NULL;
     rs_saveLines = NULL;	/* scrollback buffer [lines] */
+    rs_lineSpace = NULL;
     rs_borderWidth = NULL;
     rs_modifier = NULL;	/* modifier */
 #if defined (HOTKEY_CTRL) || defined (HOTKEY_META)
@@ -1750,6 +1751,8 @@
 	TermWin.min_bcol = 1;
     if (!rs_saveLines || (TermWin.saveLines = atoi(rs_saveLines)) < 0)
 	TermWin.saveLines = SAVELINES;
+    if (!rs_lineSpace || (TermWin.lineSpace = atoi(rs_lineSpace)) < 0)
+        TermWin.lineSpace = LINESPACE;
     if (!rs_borderWidth || (TermWin.borderWidth = atoi(rs_borderWidth)) < 0)
         TermWin.borderWidth = BORDERWIDTH;
 
diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/rxvt.h aterm-0.4.2/src/rxvt.h
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/rxvt.h	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/src/rxvt.h	Mon Sep 17 06:38:15 2001
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
 		    min_bcol,	/* minimum horizontal columns in the buffer */
 		    focus,	/* window has focus                         */
 		    saveLines,	/* number of lines that fit in scrollback   */
+		    lineSpace,  /* number of extra dots between lines       */
 		    borderWidth,/* number of pixels in window border        */
 		    nscrolled,	/* number of line actually scrolled         */
 		    view_start;	/* scrollback view starts here              */
@@ -928,6 +929,7 @@
 EXTERN const char      *rs_geometry;	/* window geometry */
 EXTERN const char      *rs_minBufferWidth; /* minimum buffer width - so we can scroll horizontally */
 EXTERN const char      *rs_saveLines;	/* scrollback buffer [lines] */
+EXTERN const char      *rs_lineSpace;	/* line space [pixels] */
 EXTERN const char      *rs_borderWidth; /* border width [pixels] */
 EXTERN const char      *rs_cutchars;	/* chars for selection boundaries */
 #ifdef META8_OPTION
diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/xdefaults.c aterm-0.4.2/src/xdefaults.c
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/xdefaults.c	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/src/xdefaults.c	Mon Sep 17 06:38:15 2001
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@
          "minimum number of columns stored in buffer"),
     STRG(rs_saveLines, "saveLines", "sl", "number",
          "number of scrolled lines to save"),
+    STRG(rs_lineSpace, "lineSpace", "lsp", "number",
+         "number of extra dots between lines"),
     BOOL(rs_utmpInhibit, "utmpInhibit", "ut", Opt_utmpInhibit,
          "utmp inhibit"),
     BOOL(rs_visualBell, "visualBell", "vb", Opt_visualBell, "visual bell"),