The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

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As I posted before, my assumed criteria for identifying a parag break are

1. If the line has one or more one-leg gallows (p or f), it must be the first one of a parag.
   
2. If the line ends well before the right margin, it must be the last one of a parag.
   
3. If the line ends in -m or -g, its likely to be the last one of a parag.
   
4. If the spacing above the line is larger than average, it is likely to be the first of a parag.
   

I'm not sure how good these criteria are, except for 2). For example, the below are the one leg gallows from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that don't appear to be on the first lines of paragraphs. Most of them are in cPh/cFh clusters, but a few are not, and there is one with no suspicious ligatures at all, near the center of the page.

As far as I understand, p and f do frequently appear on the first lines of paragraphs, but I don't think they define the first lines of paragraphs.