Paragraphs
What's you're reasoning/evidence here?
I don't doubt the f-shape eyetracking evidence, re it being a common scanning patten, but the only comment I can find re indenting and F-shape scanning says indent as long as you're consistant. Which is pretty much what I'm saying with the added previso that it should be re considered if your page/site is already very busy.
Do you have any reading to point to?
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Just read the pdf I linked to. doesn't clear up the indenting issue re dyslexics, but points to suggesions that indenting is beneficial for v.i. readers. And also mentions the benefits of 'chuncking' and increasing leading. I'm just suggesting the indenting aids this 'macro chunking'. Making a paragraph more quickly identifiable as such. If that makes sense
I don't doubt the f-shape eyetracking evidence, re it being a common scanning patten, but the only comment I can find re indenting and F-shape scanning says indent as long as you're consistant. Which is pretty much what I'm saying with the added previso that it should be re considered if your page/site is already very busy.
Do you have any reading to point to?
edit:
Just read the pdf I linked to. doesn't clear up the indenting issue re dyslexics, but points to suggesions that indenting is beneficial for v.i. readers. And also mentions the benefits of 'chuncking' and increasing leading. I'm just suggesting the indenting aids this 'macro chunking'. Making a paragraph more quickly identifiable as such. If that makes sense
I have been officially tasked with the look of the application, so I will be going with spaced and indented paragraphs I think.
Thanks for all the input.
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[size=9]Kyle J. Lamson
Analyst/Programmer III, State of Alaska
Thanks for all the input.
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[size=9]Kyle J. Lamson
Analyst/Programmer III, State of Alaska
Just a quick typographic note, indenting was invented to save space in books by not having to use full xtra lines after each paragraph.
So to do it properly typographically you should have 1 line underneath each paragraph. These old typographic rules are based around making the content as easy as possible to read so I guess that could be interpreted as more accessible.
Also, there's no need to do indented on the web as the pages can be as long as you want without costing you extra "paper"
So to do it properly typographically you should have 1 line underneath each paragraph. These old typographic rules are based around making the content as easy as possible to read so I guess that could be interpreted as more accessible.
Also, there's no need to do indented on the web as the pages can be as long as you want without costing you extra "paper"



