% donot indent first line.
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{5pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}

% sloppy
% ------
% Less strict (opposite to default fussy) space size between words. Therefore
% less hyphenation.
\sloppy

% fonts
% -----
% times for pdf generation, gives smaller pdf files.
%
% But in standard postscript fonts: courier and times/helvetica do not fit.
% Maybe use pslatex.
\usepackage{times} 

% pagestyle
\pagestyle{headings}