047: Thou shall not indent a paragraph that follows a heading or paragraph break

Commentary As Rule #46 has explained, when setting large amounts of body copy, it will be structured as paragraphs; a styling has to be applied to create paragraphs that signify pauses for the reader. It may be that you decide to have line breaks between each paragraph so that they are clearly separated. This approach would probably be used more in literature or promotional print items rather than other types of publishing such as newspapers because, in the latter, space is at a premium. Be aware that this approach breaks up the flow when reading and is a bit too “stop–start.” If you are employing line breaks, you should never indent—the two treatments basically fulfill the same function. Likewise, if a heading precedes the start of a new paragraph,....PD