On Thursday, 29 May 2003, Jim D wrote:

JD> the double space convention was a carry-over from manual
JD> typewriters,

True.

JD> and isn't really needed anymore.

Partially true.

The reason double spaces were adopted in typing was they make reading
text in a monospaced font easier. You shouldn't use double spaces
after full stops in modern word processors because you're normally
using a proportional font.

But TB! uses monospaced fonts...

-- 
Tim
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