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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
P {text-indent: 30pt;}
-->
</STYLE>
(just put a <p> code at beginning of each paragraph, </p> at end, and a simple search and replace) |
OO will automatically generate a passable CSS style sheet, but all of the HTML processors strip it out as a matter of course. Both Goodreads and DeviantArt do, and Goodreads adds injury to injury by also processing tabs and space- based indents out of .txt files as well.
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I'm not very HTML literate, but aren't there any provisions for defining styles within the HTML document (besides separate CSS files)?
Personally, I am so accustomed to reading block paragraphs a la internet style that I don't care about first line indents, just double-space each paragraph. No biggie. I long ago go over the hang-up that block paragraphs are a format fit only for "fanfic- spewing phillistines" (sic) since worldwide, far more words are published in block paragraphs (by a large margin) than traditional first line indent-style.
'Course, then again, I much favor Mr. Labatt's finest beverage over "fancy-pants" beverages such as wine, so I'm definitely of the more blue-collar, pragmatic, utilitarian aesthetic.
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Indents are where I draw the line in the sand. If I'm seriously writing, I want someone to be able to format it like I'm seriously writing. Block formatting doesn't feel like serious writing.