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Originally Posted by Brientje
Thank you all so much for your replies!
But after trying the suggestions I noticed that perhaps I havent explained myself good enough, so if cooy/paste an example;
The stake no longer stood upright, but leaned sharply, as though about to fall, and a thin loop of rope trailed from it, floating like a hangman's noose on the waning tide. William was conscious of some visceral uneasiness; the tide alone would not have taken the whole body. Some said there were crocodiles or alligators here, though he had not yet seen one himself. He glanced down involuntarily, as though one of these reptiles might suddenly lunge from the water at his feet.
The air was still warm, but a small shiver went through him.
He shook this off, and turned away toward his lodgings. There would be a day or two before he must go, he thought, and wondered whether he might see the blue-eyed Mrs. MacKenzie again before he left.
LORD JOHN LINGERED for a moment on the porch of the inn, watching his son vanish into the shadows under the trees. He had some qualms; the matter had been arranged with more haste than he would have liked-but he did have confidence in William's abilities. And while the arrangement clearly had its risks, that was the nature of a soldier's life. Some situations were riskier than others, though.
He hesitated, hearing the buzz of talk from the taproom inside, but he had had enough of company for the night, and the thought of tossing to and fro under the low ceiling of his room, stifling in the day's trapped heat, determined him to walk about until bodily exhaustion should ensure sleep.
I want the empty line between ...again before he left. and LORD JOHN LINGERED... Not between each paragraph. Sorry for the mix-up. I hope someone has a suggestion to help me with this.
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The Paragraph for the type beginning with smallcaps (Lord John...) should have a class selector of its own. say:
Code:
<p class="newscene">LORD JOHN LINGERED for a moment on the porch of the inn, watching his son vanish into the shadows under the trees. He had some qualms; the matter had been arranged with more haste than he would have liked-but he did have confidence in William's abilities. And while the arrangement clearly had its risks, that was the nature of a soldier's life. Some situations were riskier than others, though. </p>
the style sheet can now control ALL paragraphs that have that same class selector.
Code:
p.newscene {
padding-top: 2em; /* pad the normal top margin for this class */
/* margin-top: 1em; inherit page paragraph margin preffered */
}
See, 1 class that pads extra at the start of a scene, but can inherit the general para (p) style. K.I.S.S.
