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Design Web Typography Basic Web Typography Font-Sizing: Px, Em, and Rem

Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points
Posted by Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points

Is it ok to have no indentation in the first line of a sentence in a paragraph?

Is it ok to have no indentation in the first line of a sentence in a paragraph? What is better this

<p>"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences ...."</p>

or this <p>     "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns ..."</p>

If it is better with indentation. What indentation should be?

2 Answers

paulbacon
paulbacon
21,926 Points

No indentation - so your first example.

The whitespace in your second example will be ignored by the browser anyway and give you the same effect.

Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points
Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points

Paul - thank you for your response. I wonder if any rules about indentation in the web? I can put &#160; for indentation.

Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points
Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points

Later Mattox Shuler will talk about it. p + p { text-indent: 2em; }