I’m currently working on a pretty dry piece of material, a bland technical document where the author uses a lot of bullet points, and stepped indenture, and outlined lists (I.A.1.a...).
My questions are:
1. Is there a standardized rule of thumb when it comes to indents? Perhaps a formula has been devised that I’m not aware of. I’m currently using a 2 step, but have had 3 step in the past.
First Step: Left Indent .1806, First Line Indent -.1325 Bullet Tab .1806
Second Step: Left Indent .313, First Line Indent -.1000 Bullet Tab .313
Third Step: Left Indent .4455, First Line Indent -.1399 Bullet Tab .4455
Clearly there isn’t a consistency between these indents, I’ve just eyeballed using the tab toolbar.
2. When setting up outlined lists, what’s the standard flow? Is it I.A.1.a. or something different? I remember creating outlines in 7th grade English class, but I don’t remember what the format was anymore.
3. Finally, when doing bulleted lists and when those lists are indented, should I continue to use the same bullets for the indentures? Or should I change bullet styles (color, character, size)? I like the look of the sideways carrot
I hope these questions aren’t too confusing. I don’t have The Elements of Typographic Style available which I imagine would have these answers. Any help will be very appreciated.
*Edit: Attached KittyHawk.PDF. It’s still in draft form, so some of the comments aren’t complete and I’m still formatting the images. I’d be interested to hear thoughts on the design.
| Attachment | Size |
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| KittyHawk.pdf | 307.48 KB |
| KittyHawkB.pdf | 269.81 KB |
| PDR USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6r.pdf | 216.7 KB |
