diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index 6414e60..eb41b7d 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -2056,17 +2056,21 @@ let addsopacity f =
 let addtext s =
   let font = match args.font with StandardFont s -> s | _ -> error "-text: not a standard font" in
     addop (Cpdfdraw.Font (font, args.fontsize));
+    addop (Cpdfdraw.SetLeading (args.fontsize *. 1.2));
     addop (Cpdfdraw.Text s)
 
-let addblock s =
-  addop (Cpdfdraw.Block ())
-
 let addurl s =
   addop (Cpdfdraw.URL s)
 
 let addendurl () =
   addop Cpdfdraw.EndURL
 
+let addleading f =
+  addop (Cpdfdraw.SetLeading f)
+
+let addnewline () =
+  addop Cpdfdraw.Newline
+
 let setstderrtostdout () =
   Pdfe.logger := (fun s -> print_string s; flush stdout)
 
@@ -2905,12 +2909,12 @@ and specs =
    ("-opacity", Arg.Float addopacity, " Set opacity");
    ("-sopacity", Arg.Float addsopacity, " Set stroke opacity");
    ("-text", Arg.String addtext, " Draw text and move position. ");
-   ("-block", Arg.String addblock, " Set up text block");
    ("-url", Arg.String addurl, " Begin URL");
    ("-endurl", Arg.Unit addendurl, " End URL");
+   ("-leading", Arg.Float addleading, " Set leading");
+   ("-nl", Arg.Unit addnewline, " New line");
    (* Getting information before or whilst drawing *)
-   (*("-textwidth", ...., "Get width of line of text");
-   ("-blocklines", ...., "Get number of lines of text block");*)
+   (*("-textwidth", ...., "Get width of line of text");*)
    (* These items are undocumented *)
    ("-debug", Arg.Unit setdebug, "");
    ("-debug-crypt", Arg.Unit setdebugcrypt, "");
diff --git a/cpdfdraw.ml b/cpdfdraw.ml
index 5995fe0..1bc2c44 100644
--- a/cpdfdraw.ml
+++ b/cpdfdraw.ml
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ type drawops =
   | SOpacity of float
   | Font of Pdftext.standard_font * float
   | Text of string
-  | Block of unit (* to fix *)
+  | Newline
+  | SetLeading of float
   | URL of string
   | EndURL
 
@@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ let rec ops_of_drawop pdf = function
         implode (map char_of_int (option_map (Pdftext.charcode_extractor_of_font_real !current_font) (Pdftext.codepoints_of_utf8 s)))
       in
         [Pdfops.Op_BT; Pdfops.Op_Tj charcodes; Pdfops.Op_ET]
+  | SetLeading f ->
+      [Pdfops.Op_TL f]
+  | Newline ->
+      [Pdfops.Op_T']
 
 and ops_of_drawops pdf drawops =
   flatten (map (ops_of_drawop pdf) drawops)
diff --git a/cpdfdraw.mli b/cpdfdraw.mli
index af5c20f..9b73492 100644
--- a/cpdfdraw.mli
+++ b/cpdfdraw.mli
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ type drawops =
   | SOpacity of float
   | Font of Pdftext.standard_font * float
   | Text of string
-  | Block of unit (* to fix *)
+  | Newline
+  | SetLeading of float
   | URL of string
   | EndURL