Chapters 2 & 4

More wisdom gained from The Elements of Typographic Style and the attempted application thereof:

1. Set opening paragraphs flush left. (p. 39) This was easy enough, but given current CSS selector capability I have opted for <p class="first"> on each paragraph following a header or block quotation.
2. In continuous text, mark all paragraphs after the first with an indent of at least one en. (p. 39) Actually, this improvement should call better attention to my aforementioned weak headers by making their leading visually distinct.
3. Add extra lead before and after block quotations. (p. 40) Given my short line length I have decided that the italics and this extra lead are more than enough to signify a block quotation, so I have removed their indentation. In-line citations are simply italic.
4. Avoid overpunctuating lists.(p. 71) This rule is not possible given the limited control that CSS has over lists. I have made an attempt at quality typography, hanging the numbers in the margin, but am unable to remove the periods.

So there you have it. And to give examples of each point in this post I offer you a quotation from page 19 of the same book:

In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving horses in a field. In a book designed by rote, they sit like stale bread and mutton on the page. In a well-made book, no matter how many thousands of lines and pages, the letters are alive. They dance in their seats. Sometimes they rise and dance in the margins and aisles.

The next challenge on my plate is CSS side notes.