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Martijn | 14 years ago

Is it just me or should the bullets and numbers of the lists be indented?

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jacobolus|14 years ago

Many typographers prefer to set lists with the text aligned on the left, and the bullets and numerals pushing into the margin, because it integrates the list better with the text and is less visually distracting. See e.g. http://www.iamdavedawson.com/articles/hanging-discussing/

peng|14 years ago

It just looks messy here, since there's not enough padding on the left side of the page to account for the hanging bullets.

cabalamat|14 years ago

> Many typographers prefer to set lists with the text aligned on the left, and the bullets and numerals pushing into the margin.

I don't think this would work very well if you have multiple levels of bullets.

russross|14 years ago

I agree. Nested lists seem to be completely flattened, making them almost unusable.