Title: ordered list formatting
Last modified: May 10, 2017

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# ordered list formatting

 *  [gabehigginbotham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabehigginbotham/)
 * (@gabehigginbotham)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ordered-list-formatting/)
 * Is there a reason that numbered lists use counters instead of `list-style: decimal
   outside;` for instance? The lists with counters don’t automatically have hanging
   indents, and they have jagged edges.

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