Yoobee house style/rules

Paragraphs

Definition

All paragraphs need definition. The most common choice are to use First line indenting or Paragraph spacing. (never use both)

First line indenting

Applied using paragraph setting, never use Spaces or Tabs to create the indent.

Applied to the every paragraph after the first paragraph following a heading.

Paragraph spacing

Can be applied to all paragraphs (including headings), as either space after (applied after each paragraph) or space before (applied before each paragraph). Before and After values are added together when they meet. so a heading with 3mm space after meeting a paragraph with 3mm space before, will have a 6mm space between them.

Never use a double return to create space, and spacing should never look like a double return.

Avoid floating headings. Heading that appear closer to the text above them than the text they are for.

Hyphenation

Left/right aligned text

Use sparingly. Automatic hyphenation should be turned off for all left or right align text.

If necessary discretionary hyphens can be used. Never use a typed hyphen except unless for hyphenated words or names.

Justified text

Less is better. Automatic hyphenation can be helpful as long as it is set correctly.

No more than 4 hyphen in a paragraph.
Never have 2 consecutive hyphens.
Never onto the list line of a paragraph.
Never hyphenate across columns.
Never hyphenate headings, or capitalised names.