On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:01:04 +1300, Michael Adams wrote:

>> I've always been in the habit of adding an extra space between
>> sentences.  It simply looks better, because each sentence stands out by
>> itself.  When you get into type setting, there's a whole list of rules
>> for making text look right.  Back when metal type was used, there were
>> spaces called N quads and M quads.  They were the same with as the
>> letter, but didn't print.  You'd use an N quad between words in a
>> sentence and M quads between sentences.

Wasn't  there something about measuring actual width of the letter?  I 
seem to recall 1/2 for "l" 1 for "J" and 1 & 1/2 for "W" (for example)



-- 
Mark C. Miller, Indianapolis IN, USA


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