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3.3. Spacessize).This extended range, though, is only accessible if you are using outline fonts and theextrafontsizes class option. If you are using bitmap fonts then, for example, the \HUGE fontwill be automatically limited to 25pt, and the minimum size of a \miniscule font is 5pt.3.3 SPACES3.3.1 ParagraphsIn traditional typography the first line of a paragraph, unless it comes immediately after achapter or section heading, is indented. Also, there is no extra space between paragraphs.Font designers go to great pains to ensure that they look good when set with the normalleading. Sometimes, such as when trying to meet a University’s requirements for the layoutof your thesis, you may be forced to ignore the experience of centuries.If you like the idea of eliminating paragraph indentation and using extra interparagraphspace to indicate where paragraphs start and end, consider how confused yourreader will be if the last paragraph on the page ends with a full line; how will the readerknow that a new paragraph starts at the top of the following page?\par\parskip\abnormalparskip{〈length〉}\nonzeroparskip\traditionalparskipIn the input text the end of a paragraph is indicated either by leaving a blank line, or bythe \par command. The length \parskip is the inter-paragraph spacing, and is normally0pt. You can change this by saying, for example:\setlength{\parskip}{2\baselineskip}but you are likely to find that many things have changed that you did not expect, becauseLaTeX uses the \par command in many places that are not obvious.If, in any event, you wish to do a disservice to your readers you can use\abnormalparskip to set the inter-paragraph spacing to a value of your own choosing.Using the \nonzeroparskip will set the spacing to what might be a reasonable non-zerovalue. 2 Both these macros try and eliminate the worst of the side effects that occur if youjust simply change \parskip directly.2 Except that all values except zero are unreasonable.47