----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: john [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, 23 January 2005 9:31 PM > > To: web standards group > > Subject: [WSG] double space after period > > > > Forgive me if this doesn't specifically relate to standards, > > but perhaps > > it does. > > > > I'm simply wondering about the grammatically-correct double > > space after > > a period. > > I never heard of a double-space being gramatically correct. Then again, > perhaps in other countries it is? Which would cause a problem, I guess. > > I couldn't think of any way to do it in css. The only way would be > , but that's fairly annoying. > > Interesting problem. I had this problem only last week - and couldn't solve it. Certainly here in UK it is (was) usual to put a double space after a period. It keeps the sentences apart. However, like a lot of things, it's now being (been) dropped. Only antiquated diehards (like me) want to keep it! :-) The problem is two-fold: 1) how to do it in the first place, and 2) how to allow for resizing with fluid layouts. I tried using but in one case/one size the double-space moved to the beginning of the line and looked quite awful - so that's out! Tricky . . . Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
