The first Chinese paragraph does not need two blank space

First of all, what is the meaning of "empty two grids"? The first space in the paragraph indicates that the paragraph is starting again, and basic primary school writing is taught in this way. But can "empty two-pane" really clearly mark the passage? This problem has been magnified on the internet, especially after contrasting the effects of English passages, the traditional Chinese paragraph "empty two lattices" has begun to be challenged. First look at http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/8274.html "> Sina Blog Weblog page of two examples:

1. No space without line typesetting (below)

2. There is no line-wrapping layout (below)

Compared to know, in fact, the first empty space effect is similar, are densely packed a whole block. Before the space, the user wants to see the paragraph needs to scan to the end of the paragraph, and then return to the first paragraph read;

Some netizens think paragraph line is "Westernized" style, because English words can not be empty two lattice, so use line to distinguish paragraph. There are also netizens think that empty two lattice is the Chinese tradition, Chinese culture can not be lost. Why do I have to take the first blank? A lot of textual research work, help us to understand the ins and outs of the Chinese tradition, but the article concluded that "Most Chinese network content segment first empty two (indent) is a good way to separate paragraphs." "I don't quite agree. From an information organization perspective, the relationship between the paragraphs is a lower level than the relationship between the paragraphs, so the "paragraph spacing" between the rendered paragraphs should be greater than the "line spacing" within the paragraph, so that it can be seen at a glance. In semantic terms, each paragraph needs to be aligned.

Label as a container.

Remember the earliest in order to pursue the first space effect, we often use space, or character fill, and even use full-width spaces to cope with different browser resolution differences. Later, the text-indent of the CSS syntax was used to define the first white of the section p. Toss to toss to go, finally I found that the better reading experience or line segmentation, such as now my blog to use the layout style.

3. Line-changing typesetting (below)

Of course, there are a large number of sites using a space + paragraph layout style, Western and western. It seems to work, but the left side of the line I always feel strange, to the readability of how much ascension. The first space, especially in the case of a large number of rows and two lines, is more "uneven" and a waste of space.

4. Has the space to have the line-changing typesetting (below picture)

Common in Chinese typography, in fact, most of the above mentioned "there is no paragraph typesetting" style, the previous time with the "Programmer" magazine Meng Editor and chief Liu sat down to discuss this content, deep feeling. Including paragraph of the first word amplification, in fact, is also a paragraph logo was a popular method, can be seen that the Chinese designers have done a lot of exploration. Chinese itself is a special place, but for the nature of the message, all the languages in the world converge.

--in Chengdu

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