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Originally Posted by vondanmcintyre
Oh, gosh, absolutely! If I did both I would be severely chastised by John D. Berry, Ron Drummond, and Olav M. Kvern, each of whom is The Man in different subsets of typesetting and book design. Indent and blank line would be Really Bad Typesetting.
I wonder if anyone has done a study of whether it's easier to read from a screen if text is typeset in a typically bookish way, or if it's easier with a blank line between paragraphs? Or does it depend on the person, the system? An awful lot of sites use the blank line, but does anybody know if it's a conscious choice or if it just grew that way, like Topsy?
Best,
Vonda
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Well to me, I find that if a book is made using no indent and line spaces between each paragraph, it can cause the eye to skip a beat when reading. Especially when you have a lot of small paragraphs or single line conversation. Also, given the way it is done in most paper books, we have been trained to see spaces between paragraphs to mean a section change in the book.
With the indent (2.5em is good) and no paragraph spacing except for section changes means it reads better. Also looks better too. And takes less page turns. And if someone needs/wants a large font, then the line spaces are huge and look not just bad, but awful.
But if you have