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I am struggling to shrink the line spacing with a marginnote environment. I can do it in a very minimal example, but not in my current full use case. Is it obvious to someone what I have in the full example that is overriding my definition of marginnote?

Minimal example that works as intended:

\documentclass[justified,twoside,symmetric]{tufte-book}

\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{mparhack} 
\usepackage{parskip}

\definecolor{ghr-blue}{cmyk}{0.846, 0.234, 0.00, 0.212}
\definecolor{ghr-orange}{cmyk}{0.0, 0.37, 0.757, 0.098}
\hypersetup{colorlinks,linkcolor=,urlcolor=ghr-orange}

\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\AtBeginEnvironment{marginnote}{\linespread{0.5}}

\begin{document}


\lipsum[1]

\marginnote{\faIcon{book-reader} Some text here more text here making long \href{https://tinyurl.com/af98yyak}{\footnotesize\texttt{tinyurl.com/af98yyak}}}

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

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Actual use case with unwanted extra space:

(some commands generated by {bookdown} R package I'm using to create tex file)

\documentclass[justified,twoside,symmetric,]{tufte-book}

% ams
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}

\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
\usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript
\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\else % if luatex or xelatex
  \makeatletter
  \@ifpackageloaded{fontspec}{}{\usepackage{fontspec}}
  \makeatother
  \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX,Scale=MatchLowercase}
  \makeatletter
  \@ifpackageloaded{soul}{
     \renewcommand\allcapsspacing[1]{{\addfontfeature{LetterSpace=15}#1}}
     \renewcommand\smallcapsspacing[1]{{\addfontfeature{LetterSpace=10}#1}}
   }{}
  \makeatother

\fi

% graphix
\usepackage{graphicx}
\setkeys{Gin}{width=\linewidth,totalheight=\textheight,keepaspectratio}

% booktabs
\usepackage{booktabs}

% url
\usepackage{url}

% hyperref
\usepackage{hyperref}

% units.
\usepackage{units}


\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}

% citations
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{apalike-etal}


% pandoc syntax highlighting

% longtable
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs}

% multiplecol
\usepackage{multicol}

% strikeout
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

% morefloats
\usepackage{morefloats}


% tightlist macro required by pandoc >= 1.14
\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
  \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}

% title / author / date
\title{Global Health Research}
\author{Eric P. Green}
\date{2021-09-03}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{mparhack} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/236380/30017
\usepackage{parskip}

% colors

\definecolor{ghr-blue}{cmyk}{0.846, 0.234, 0.00, 0.212}
\definecolor{ghr-orange}{cmyk}{0.0, 0.37, 0.757, 0.098}

\hypersetup{colorlinks,linkcolor=,urlcolor=ghr-orange}

% citations

\PassOptionsToPackage{round}{natbib}
\setcitestyle{super}
\renewcommand*{\citep}[1]{{\cite{#1}}}
\renewcommand*{\citet}[1]{{\cite{#1}}}

% icons

\usepackage{fontawesome5}

% break with tufte on subsubsections

\let\subsubsection\subsection

% fonts

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{LibreBaskerville-Regular}
\setsansfont{SourceSansPro-Regular}
\setmonofont{Inconsolata}
\setsidenotefont{\fontspec{SourceSansPro-ExtraLight}[Scale=0.8]}
\setcaptionfont{\fontspec{SourceSansPro-ExtraLight}[Scale=0.8]}
\setmarginnotefont{\fontspec{SourceSansPro-ExtraLight}[Scale=0.8]}
\setcitationfont{\fontspec{SourceSansPro-ExtraLight}[Scale=0.8]\color{gray}}

% headers

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{ \markboth{#1}{} }
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{ \markright{#1} }

\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE]{\thepage\space\space\space$\cdotp$\space\space\space\chaptername\space\thechapter}
\fancyhead[RO]{\leftmark\space\space\space$\cdotp$\space\space\space\thepage}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{ %
  \fancyhf{} % remove everything
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % remove lines as well
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

% title page and level headings

\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{xhfill}
\colorlet{rulecolor}{Gainsboro!40!Lavender}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\filcenter}{\mbox{}\xrfill[0.4ex]{3pt}[rulecolor]\bfseries\sffamily{\large\enspace\chaptername\space\thechapter}\enspace\xrfill[0.4ex]{3pt}[rulecolor]\mbox{}}{0.3ex} {{\color{rulecolor}\titlerule[1pt]}\vskip3ex\huge\bfseries\sffamily}[\medskip{\color{rulecolor}\titlerule[1pt]}]

\usepackage{titling}

\pretitle{\begin{flushleft}\huge\bfseries}
\posttitle{\par\end{flushleft}}

\preauthor{\begin{flushleft}\Large\bfseries}
\postauthor{\par\end{flushleft}}

\predate{\begin{flushleft}\large\mdseries}
\postdate{\par\end{flushleft}}

\titleformat*{\section}{\LARGE\bfseries\sffamily}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\Large\bfseries\sffamily}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}

% table of contents

\usepackage{titletoc}

\contentsmargin[1cm]{0cm}
\titlecontents{chapter}[0em]{\vskip12pt\Large\bfseries\sffamily}
{\thecontentslabel\enspace}
{\hspace{1.05em}}
{ \hfill\contentspage}[\vskip 6pt]

\titlecontents{section}[1em]{\mdseries\sffamily}
{\thecontentslabel\enspace}
{}
{\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\quad\contentspage}[\vskip 4pt]

\titlecontents{subsection}[2.7em]{\mdseries\sffamily}
{\thecontentslabel\enspace}
{}
{\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\quad\contentspage}[\vskip 3pt]

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\pretocmd{\contentsname}{\sffamily}{}{}

% margins

% The default minimum amount of space between \marginnotes is 10 pt.
\setlength\marginparpush{15pt}

\AtBeginEnvironment{marginfigure}{\linespread{0.5}}
\AtBeginEnvironment{marginnote}{\linespread{0.5}}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\footnotelayout}{\@tufte@sidenote@font\@tufte@sidenote@justification\linespread{0.5}}
\makeatother


% Remove \FloatBarrier from marginfigure definition
% to prevent unwanted spaces.
\makeatletter% so we can use @ commands
\renewenvironment{@tufte@margin@float}[2][-1.2ex]{%
  %\FloatBarrier% removed because it adds unwanted white space
  \begin{lrbox}{\@tufte@margin@floatbox}%
  \begin{minipage}{\marginparwidth}%
    \@tufte@caption@font
    \def\@captype{#2}%
    \hbox{}\vspace*{#1}%
    \@tufte@caption@justification
    \@tufte@margin@par
    \noindent
}{%
  \end{minipage}%
  \end{lrbox}%
  \marginpar{\usebox{\@tufte@margin@floatbox}}%
}
\makeatother% restore meaning of @

% quote

\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\newtcolorbox{newquote}[1][]{%
    colback=black!5,
    colframe=black!5,
    notitle,
    sharp corners,
    borderline west={2pt}{0pt}{ghr-blue!80!black},
    enhanced,
    breakable,
    }

\renewcommand{\quote}{\newquote}
\renewcommand{\endquote}{\endnewquote}


% margin note

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{threeparttablex}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

\marginnote{\faIcon{book-reader} Some text here more text here making long \href{https://tinyurl.com/af98yyak}{\footnotesize\texttt{tinyurl.com/af98yyak}}}

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

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  • 1
    It is not obvious to me. Try commenting out the packages in the full example until you get the result you want. That should indicate where the problem is. Sep 3, 2021 at 16:39
  • Thanks for taking a look, @PeterWilson. My best guess at this point is that it's related to scaling down \setmarginnotefont{\fontspec{SourceSansPro-ExtraLight}[Scale=0.8]} but using a monospace font for the url in my sidenote that is not scaled (\setmonofont{Inconsolata}).
    – Eric Green
    Sep 3, 2021 at 18:52
  • Editing to \setmonofont[Scale=0.8]{Inconsolata} does not solve the problem (and scales the font down everywhere, not just in the margin note). Neither does removing \texttt from the url (which I don't want to do anyway). Removing all reference to fontspec in the % fonts section works, but this takes away my desired styling.
    – Eric Green
    Sep 3, 2021 at 19:28

1 Answer 1

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Use

\begin{marginfigure}
\faIcon{book-reader} Some text here more text here making long Some text here more text here making long Some text here more text here making long \href{https://tinyurl.com/af98yyak}{\footnotesize\texttt{tinyurl.com/af98yyak}}
\end{marginfigure}

Or add to your preamble

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\marginnote[2][0pt]{%
    \ifthenelse{\boolean{@tufte@loadnatbib}}{%
        \let\cite\@tufte@infootnote@cite%   use the in-sidenote \cite command
    }{}%
    \gdef\@tufte@citations{}%           clear out any old citations
    \marginpar{\hbox{}\vspace*{#1}\setstretch{0.5}\@tufte@marginnote@font\@tufte@marginnote@justification\@tufte@margin@par\vspace*{-1\baselineskip}\noindent #2}%
    \@tufte@print@citations%            print any citations
    \ifthenelse{\boolean{@tufte@loadnatbib}}{%
        \let\cite\@tufte@normal@cite%       go back to using normal in-text \cite command
    }{}%
}
\makeatother

to use \marginnote{...}

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  • Thanks, @simon-dispa. My tex file gets created by the bookdown package in R, and long story short, I'm using the function tufte::margin_note() to make this note. The output of the function is \marginnote{}. Is there a way to keep using \marginnote{} and get the desired result?
    – Eric Green
    Sep 3, 2021 at 22:23
  • 1
    @Eric Green I updated the answer to be able to use marginnote. Sep 3, 2021 at 22:31

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