Prepress Preparation, ContinuedIndentationsIndentions give emphasis and new starting points to a printed page.Indenting text is the moving of one or more lines of printed or typewrittenmaterial in from the margins. Paragraphs, quotations, hanging, stepped orstaggered indentations are all used to facilitate communication. Set poetryaccording to the style set by the author.PARAGRAPHS: Indent paragraphs to indicate the beginning or end of acomplete thought or idea.LONG QUOTES: Place long quotations or quotations requiring specialemphasis in a separate paragraph. They may be set full measure or indentedfrom both margins.SHORT QUOTES: Bury short quotations in the body of the text.HANGING INDENTATIONS: The first line of a hanging indentation is setflush left with all other lines set one or more em spaces from the left. Thistype of indention is used in tabular work, listings, legends, and captionswhen they exceed two lines.STEPPED or STAGGERED INDENTATIONS: Progressively stepped orstaggered indentations are normally used in newspaper headings and modernlayouts with irregular indentations. Some poetry is also staggered orstepped.Figure 1-19 shows an example of staggered indentation.Figure 1-19.—Staggered indentations.Continued on next page1-24
Integrated Publishing, Inc. - A (SDVOSB) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
