So I looked, and found: > Scribes would often leave space before paragraphs to allow rubricators to draw the pilcrow. With the introduction of the printing pre

So I looked, and found: > Scribes would often leave space before paragraphs to allow rubricators to draw the pilcrow. With the introduction of the printing press, space before paragraphs was still left for rubricators to draw by hand; however, rubricators could not draw fast enough for printers and often would leave the beginnings of the paragraphs as blank. This is how the indent before paragraphs was created. Amazing. Had no clue.