Indentation (typesetting)
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title:
Indentation (typesetting)
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In the written form of many languages, indentation describes empty space, a.k.a. white space, used around text to signify an important aspect of the text such as:
- Beginning of a paragraph
- Hierarchy – subordinate concept
- Quotation Many computer languages use block indentation to demarcate blocks of source code. Indentation is essentially the same regardless of whether the writing system is left-to-right or right-to-left when considering line beginning and end. For example, indenting a
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description:
Empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_(typesetting)
date created:
2004-04-19T07:40:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T13:10:54Z
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