Re[2]: Spaces between sentences

[Lynn]

5/21/2009

TF BTW we actually tried to buy a mechanical typewriter for the office,
TF but it took a while until we found one. And it was a lot more
TF expensive than an electric typewriter. So we bought the electric
TF typewriter, and it is now standing idle as our accountant prefer to
TF fill in the T/T forms by hand rather than with the electric one.

They are hard to find. But sometimes necessary -

I will tell a typewriter story on the other list :-)


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Re: Spaces between sentences

[Thomas Fernandez]

Hello Lynn,

On Tue, 19 May 2009 12:28:52 -0700 GMT (20/May/09, 2:28 +0700 GMT),
Lynn wrote:

 is a carryover from the days of typewriters

TF Thanks Bob, this seems to support my case.

L Or not :-)

L YMMV :-)

Are you using a typewriter?

BTW we actually tried to buy a mechanical typewriter for the office,
but it took a while until we found one. And it was a lot more
expensive than an electric typewriter. So we bought the electric
typewriter, and it is now standing idle as our accountant prefer to
fill in the T/T forms by hand rather than with the electric one.

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Re: Spaces between sentences

[Thomas Fernandez]

Hello Bob,

On Mon, 18 May 2009 17:46:16 -0600 GMT (19/May/09, 6:46 +0700 GMT),
Bob Riley wrote:

BR More on the topic:

BR http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm

Thanks Bob, this seems to support my case.

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Re[2]: Spaces between sentences

[Lynn]

5/19/2009

From:  http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm

It is generally accepted that the practice of putting two spaces at the
end of a sentence is a carryover from the days of typewriters with
monospaced typefaces.  Two spaces, it was believed, made it easier to
see where one sentence ended and the next began.  Most typeset text,
both before and after the typewriter, used a single space.

The only time more than 1 space was used in a line of type was when we
had to justify the line to the full margins. — Madisonhank, describing
typesetting before digital type

Today, with the prevalence of proportionally spaced fonts, some believe
that the practice is no longer necessary and even detrimental to the
appearance of text.

TF Thanks Bob, this seems to support my case.

Or not :-)

YMMV :-) 


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Spaces between sentences

[Bob Riley]

Hi Volker,

More on the topic:

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/onetwospaces.htm

Bob Riley



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