On 09/05/2013 07:26 PM, anne-ology wrote:
Well, I guess I'm an a-typical reader - although quite voracious -
since I do notice the grammar, the punctuation, et.al. ;-)
If the difference is between one space and two spaces, I agree that is
very noticeable.
But, what Jury is advocatin
On 09/05/2013 07:10 PM, Dave Liesse wrote:
Virgil, I'll have to disagree with your last sentence. It's quite
obvious to me when there are two spaces after a sentence-ending period
rather than just one, even with proportional fonts (allowing for the
possibility that there's a font somewhere wit
Well, I guess you too are an a-typical reader ;-)
From: Dave Liesse
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Virgil, I'll have to disagree with your last sentence. It's quite obvious
Well, I guess I'm an a-typical reader - although quite voracious -
since I do notice the grammar, the punctuation, et.al. ;-)
From: Virgil Arrington
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
efore they lose all social skills.
From: Virgil Arrington
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
To: "T. R. Valentine" , LibreOffice-list <
users@global.libreoffice.org>
Am I reading this right? Is Jury suggesting that
Virgil, I'll have to disagree with your last sentence. It's quite
obvious to me when there are two spaces after a sentence-ending period
rather than just one, even with proportional fonts (allowing for the
possibility that there's a font somewhere with a wider space than the
others). I prefer
all social skills.
From: Virgil Arrington
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
To: "T. R. Valentine" , LibreOffice-list <
users@global.libreoffice.org>
Am I reading this right? Is Jury suggesting that space after periods
On 5 September 2013 12:08, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> Am I reading this right? Is Jury suggesting that space after periods
> actually be *less* than a standard word space? If so, that is diametrically
> opposed to the typewriter standard of adding two spaces after sentence
> ending punctuation.
Th
>From: T. R. Valentine
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:23 AM
>To: LibreOffice-list
>Subject: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
>
>As a follow-up to our earlier discussion of one versus two spaces
>following a full point/full stop/period, I offer the fo
. Valentine
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:23 AM
To: LibreOffice-list
Subject: [libreoffice-users] spacing after punctuation
As a follow-up to our earlier discussion of one versus two spaces
following a full point/full stop/period, I offer the following passage
from /About Face: Reviving the Rules
On 5 September 2013 11:32, Doug wrote:
> I thought this was a very interesting analysis. I don't know of any
> word processor for the computer that can do this. Perhaps one or more
> of the desktop publishers can do it. There's a list of them here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_desktop
On 09/05/2013 11:23 AM, T. R. Valentine wrote:
> As a follow-up to our earlier discussion of one versus two spaces
> following a full point/full stop/period, I offer the following passage
> from /About Face: Reviving the Rules of Typography/ by David Jury
> (typos mine):
>
>
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As a follow-up to our earlier discussion of one versus two spaces
following a full point/full stop/period, I offer the following passage
from /About Face: Reviving the Rules of Typography/ by David Jury
(typos mine):
[begin quotation, page 92]
Space between words
The sole reason for spaces betwee
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