AEP2 Whitepaper - Formatting Changes

Changes Made (2025-10-22)

1. Title Modification ✅

• Before: Two-line title with subtitle
  • "AEP2 Whitepaper"
  • "Agent Embedded Payment Protocol"
• After: Single-line title
  • "AEP2: Embedded Payment for Agent Economy"

2. Section Number Spacing ✅

• Reduced spacing between section numbers and titles from 1em to 0.5em
• Applied to all section levels (section, subsection, subsubsection)

3. Paragraph Indentation ✅

• Removed all paragraph indentation (\parindent set to 0pt)
• Added 6pt spacing between paragraphs instead

4. List Formatting ✅

• Reduced left margin for bullet lists to 1.2em
• Reduced left margin for numbered lists to 1.5em
• Reduced item spacing to 2pt
• Reduced top spacing to 4pt
• Lists now align properly within text margins

5. Phase 1/2 Formatting in Section 4.1 ✅

• Added \noindent before Phase 1 and Phase 2 headings
• Removed extra indentation from list items
• Cleaner, more consistent appearance

Technical Details

Modified Settings

% Section spacing
\titleformat{\section}{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{\thesection}{0.5em}{}
\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{0.5em}{}

% Paragraph formatting
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}

% List formatting
\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=1.2em, itemsep=2pt, parsep=2pt, topsep=4pt}
\setlist[enumerate]{leftmargin=1.5em, itemsep=2pt, parsep=2pt, topsep=4pt}

Output

• File: aep2_whitepaper.pdf
• Pages: 8 pages
• Size: 489KB
• Format: A4, two-column layout

Compilation Status

✅ Successfully compiled without errors ✅ All images loaded correctly ✅ Cross-references working properly