If you are using TrueType fonts, try increasing the "scale_y" value...
According to the manual, TTFonts arent affected by text.scale_ changes, so if you increase the scale_y, it should, to my thinking, make the gaps between the lines further apart...
But if you are using bmap-fonts, I have no idea...
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