- From: Zhengyu Qian via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:10:48 +0000
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As I’ve mentioned [above](https://github.com/w3c/clreq/issues/387#issue-995454967), in the sense of digital typography, “a first-line indent(ation)” in English translates as “段**首**缩进/缩排” in Chinese while “a paragraph/block indent(ation)” translates as “**段落**缩进”. In <i>CLReq</i>, a first-line indent translating as 段**首**缩进 indents the very first line of a paragraph (i.e., the beginning of a paragraph). On the other hand, a paragraph indent or a block indent, translating as **段落**缩进, indents the whole block of a paragraph from the margin sides. Considering that the “paragraph indent” may implicitly signify the notion of indenting the first line of a paragraph in certain unambiguous contexts, the term “block indent” is a better choice. It’s important and necessary for <i>CLReq</i> to distinguish a first-line indent from a paragraph/block indent, since the reader of <i>CLReq</i> may use both the terms in near contexts or in the same context: for example, one “in-dents” the first line of a paragraph which is interrupted by a whole poetry extract / block quotation indented from the left and/or right margins, then “de-dents” the text after interruption (i.e., sets off text with no first-line indent). In addition, there are some references according to which one can find the explicit wording of “first line indent / first-line indent”: - [Pages User Guide for Mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/pages/set-paragraph-margins-tan92235a2d6/mac) - [Microsoft Word Help](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/indent-the-first-line-of-a-paragraph-b3721167-e1c8-40c3-8a97-3f046fc72d6d) - [Adobe InDesign Help](https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/tabs-indents.html) - [APA Style](https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/paragraph-format) - [CMOS](https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part1/ch02/psec012.html) - [Butterick’s Practical Typography](https://practicaltypography.com/first-line-indents.html) - [Wikipedia “Indentation (typesetting)”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_(typesetting)) -- GitHub Notification of comment by realfish Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/clreq/issues/387#issuecomment-921247326 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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