And proud of it. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 9:49 AM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Boomer :) > > On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote: > > I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made reading, > > easier. > > Mitch > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> > > To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> > > Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am > > Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as > > placeholder] > > > > This is a sentence ending with one space. This is a sentence ending with > > two spaces. My email client is supposedly using a proportional, > > variable width font, and the typical smaller width used for a space > > character tends to make sentences merge together visually when only a > > single space is used. Two spaces make the end of a sentence more > > apparent visually, especially since with many fonts a "period" is almost > > indistinguishable from a speck of dirt on the screen. The improved > > visual separation with two spaces is even greater on typical browser fonts. > > > > I personally think the argument for a single space at end of sentence is > > BS, made up out of laziness by someone who has not yet needed reading > > glasses. Setting off sentences with extra space was a long-established > > practice with good handwriting, not something that originated because > > typewriters had imprecise spacing. > > > > Yes, a single space at end of sentence may now be acceptable, but it is > > aesthetically inferior. > > JC Ewing > > > > On 2/28/20 5:38 AM, Joe Monk wrote: > >> The rule now is 1 space after a period. > >> > >> Two spaces after a period was the rule on a typewriter, because the fonts > >> weren't proportional, they were monospace. This led to uneven spacing of > >> words on paper, so two spaces was the rule. > >> > >> Nowadays, on a computer, the fonts are proportional. For instance on a > >> typewriter, the characters i and a take the same amount of space. But on a > >> word processor, i and a dont take the same amount of space. Thus, no need > >> for two spaces. > >> > >> This is a monospace font. > >> This is a proportional font. > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two > >>>> spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much > >>>> sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word check > >>>> to make sure they're always there... > >>>> > >>> Specifically, not after titles: "Ms. Smith", "Dr. Jones:. Also bad > >>> places for > >>> automatic linebreaks. > >>> > >>> -- gil > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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