With typewriters, daisy-wheel printers, and the other early technologies, each letter had to be given the same amount of space on the page. Two spaces after the period helped readers understand that a new sentence had begun, and so that was considered a good typing habit. However, when digital printers became available people could use good-looking fonts that had proportional spacing, and the double space was no longer necessary.
How the double space progressed from 'not necessary' to âwrongâ Iâm not sure, but I do know authors who have had to go through their 100,000 word manuscripts and take out every extra space. So, go ahead and put in the two spaces (it is difficult to change your typing habits) but if you ever want to write for publication you should just use the one. Adele PS: I donât do not think I should have to avoid apostrophes just to pander to some stupid software developer who didnât did not allow for them. :-) > Me too Jeri, I have been double spacing (as I was taught at Commercial school) > > When did the single spacing come in? I shall continue to double space as was taught, it looks better to me. How can you understand the meaning without apostrophes etc. It just doesn't make sense to me. > > Sue M Harvey > Norfolk UK i - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
