WordPress keeps deleting my post format and I'm getting VERY annoyed.

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  lillianblogs · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 12:52 pm

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  I keep starting a paragraph with two spaces in front of the first word like any normal, educated author would do, but wordpress seems to think these are spare spaces and delete them automatically.
  Please fix it. I hate it and it’s driving me up a wall.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kristinavanhoos · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 7:44 pm

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  If you wish to indent your paragraphs, please use the indent option rather than spacing.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#outdent-indent

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  kristinavanhoos · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 7:47 pm

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  Oh wait. I forgot; that feature indents the entire paragraph.

  Paragraphs on the Internet do not follow the same structure style that written papers do. It’s very rare to find a site that indents any more.

  If this is a must have for you, you can try reading this thread and seeing if it works for you: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/indent-first-line-in-a-paragraph?replies=6

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  timethief · Member · Aug 9, 2015 at 8:24 pm

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  @lillianblogs
  Nothing is broken and nothing requires fixing. As kristinavanhoos revealed the bottom line is that blogs are structured to have all text left aligned and to make every paragraph indented is a do it yourself manually on each and every paragraph in each and every post and page job. There is no setting you can adjust.

  If this is important to you and you the best way to do this throughout the blog would be via CSS editing. See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing: Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  After your purchase the required upgrade, please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.