04/01/2012 · Penarth, Wales · Proximity is one of the most ruthlessly subconscious of Design tools. Closeness relates, and every expanse of negative space severs. The deliberate and exact manipulation of space is a mark of superior Design (especially at macrotypographic levels), so let’s quit with the line breaks between paragraphs on the web, shall we?
Almost every time I settle into an online article, I am reminded that the web was first born for physicists. Between every well-thought-out paragraph is found a fat wedge of nothing-at-all. Why? Well to indicate a new thought of course …with all the subtlety of a Large Hadron Collider. These spaces effectively chop the text into what I call “islands of thought” – disconnected paragraphs floating downstream, with only their left-right boundaries holding them together.
