Jan Tschichold's The Form of The Book details many of the rules for graphic design and type setting. In the chapter entitled Why the Beginning of Paragraphs Must Be Indented, Tschichold details the importance of inserting indents at the beginning of paragraphs. Traditionally an indent on the first line of a paragraph is the correct way to set a paragraph of copy text. As design and technology progress the rules of typesetting evolve also, and there has been a recent change that has seen features such as idents disappear from published books. Tschichold writes of how this has become particularly prevalent within newspapers, due in part to the sheer volume of copy text and the quick turn-arounds of the printed material, as such a straight set paragraph has become common amongst type-setters and book designers.
Within this project the setting of type is crucial to how a reader will take in the information, so all type will be set in accordance to Tschichold's specifications, featuring an indent at the beginning of every paragraph.