Indented paragraphs should have no margins

[martindelima]

I love what you guys have done with Typeplate, and I believe it deserves a use in every website that has words in it.

Just one thing: indented paragraphs.

Historically, paragraphs had no margins, which is why they were indented. The line breaks of today are an artifact from wouldn't you know it, Microsoft Word.

Line breaks cause a pause in reading, breaking the reader's rythm. Using indented paragraphs with no margins solves this problem. In this case, the solution was even older the problem.

Nitpicky and rather snooty? Perhaps. But please consider it. It would be a fantastic default.

[cpryland]

Agreed--use one or the other (indentation or space-above). (I prefer indentation.) But using two is typographically ugly and visually confusing.

[grayghostvisuals]

I'd like to get @zakkain to chime in here with his thoughts, but I do agree it can be a bit hard on the eyes with the margins. In the meantime I have a screenshot from my type hero Mark Boulton.

Mark Boulton's Blog...

Typeplate Demo...

[grayghostvisuals]

I'd also like to summon @csswizardry to the stand as I don't want him to choke me for doing something like this...

p + p {
    text-indent: 1.5em;
    margin-top: 0;
}

[csswizardry]

I use/do: http://csswizardry.com/2010/12/mo-robust-paragraph-indenting/

[caycefischer]

You know, we originally did it this way but actually found it hard to read without a bit of margin. Maybe we just have to get used to it. I agree I'd rather use the "correct" method like Mark Boulton there, even if it weirds me out a bit.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Harry Roberts notifications@github.comwrote:

I use/do: http://csswizardry.com/2010/12/mo-robust-paragraph-indenting/

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[grayghostvisuals]

Thanks Harry! Me like :+1:

@zakkain maybe we need a Skype convo :phone: in the coming days to discuss how we would like to tackle this.

[caycefischer]

Closed: 848c72e9cc4ef1311abce5ad3a87ab14276e9e89

Thanks Harry, you da man!

[grayghostvisuals]

:fireworks:

[grayghostvisuals]

It is tiny and not as flashy but i feel the same as the gif

[martindelima]

Perrrfect. Thank you.