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A quick side by side comparison of two layout styles: Left: no indent and with white space; right: indented, but no white space Recently, I'm seeing more and more academic-like documents which a...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:08:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/16684 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Sander Schaeffer
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2019-12-08T04:08:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
A quick side by side comparison of two layout styles: _Left: no indent and with white space; right: indented, but no white space_  Recently, I'm seeing more and more academic-like documents which are all written in the same style. One of the characteristics I'm seeing (and really bugging me) is that the first line of each paragraph is indented and has no white space above it. And I really want to know: Why? If you ask me, I find it ugly and it doesn't improves readability. Perhaps the indent does, but no white space between each paragraph is anything but increasing readability (personal opinion). So again: Why is the 'default' of academic-looking writing styles/papers having indents and no white space? (Not only doctor-grade papers, but related to all documents that apply indented paragraphs, instead of white space between them.)
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-03-31T15:43:24Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 9