: Separate paragraphs without line breaks I have a medium which does not have line breaks, and a few paragraphs of text. How can I separate the paragraphs from each other visually, clearly? I additionally cannot add information

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For works in a medium where you can't use line breaks to separate paragraphs, consider putting a pilcrow (or paragraph mark, or paragraph sign, ¶) between paragraphs. Also consider using a bullet (eg, •) between paragraphs, or perhaps a construction like -)(- between them. If you use something other than a pilcrow or bullet or some dingbat between paragraphs, it would be reasonable to mention at the outset of the work how you are going to divide one paragraph from the next.

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Jwpat7's ¶ suggestion is the right answer for "marking the paragraph breaks clearly" when it's intended for further processing, e.g. editing or parsing. If it's intended directly "for human consumption" - eg. text reader, "ticker" style LED scroller, a banner tape, and the likes, the approach for visual media is at least two tabulators worth of blank space:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer congue laoreet sapien eu sollicitudin. Vestibulum et iaculis dui, nec elementum enim. Suspendisse ultrices ipsum vitae neque auctor, ac ullamcorper neque molestie. In molestie scelerisque lectus. Maecenas gravida odio massa, ut sollicitudin enim suscipit ut. Duis vehicula auctor orci in sagittis. Proin vitae nulla vel eros gravida elementum ut vitae nisl. Vivamus gravida dignissim metus a ullamcorper. Pellentesque mattis odio felis, eget malesuada dolor ullamcorper ornare. Aliquam quis nunc neque. Donec in hendrerit ipsum. Phasellus augue nisi, vulputate non posuere at, suscipit nec dolor. Praesent tristique ullamcorper sapien facilisis mattis. Duis pharetra interdum sagittis. Curabitur varius eget elit sit amet suscipit. Vestibulum leo velit, tempus eget tellus ut, ultricies vestibulum odio.

Depending on width of the space (scalable font etc) that converts to 8 to 16 spaces.

If your medium doesn't allow for consecutive spaces, use any other least obtrusive character, e.g. full stop . . . . . or middot · · · · · ·

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Frankly, I do sort of like the way the asterisks and spaces look. You could also do the same with bullets or pluses.

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