On 14 Sep 2013, at 14:16, Stephan Stiller <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Books never used it. The tradition in typing was developed to assist >> typesetters to navigate the typewritten text they were setting. The >> typesetters never put two spaces after a full stop. > > I see. I think you were mentally mixing this up with double inter-line > spacing. No, I wasn't. > Double inter-line spacing always looks stupid and decreases the legibility of > a text. It can't be justified, yet somehow there is a tradition in the US to > require it for writing assignments in a university context. It facilitates comment by those who are reviewing the text. Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
