Single Space
It was a rude awakening when I finally learned that there should never be two spaces after a period. This was a few years ago and it felt like I was finding out for the first time that I was adopted. Two spaces as ultimate truth had been deeply ingrained through school. How much time had I wasted typing that extra space?
Quote from About.com:
It is generally accepted that the practice of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence is a carryover from the days of typewriters with monospaced typefaces. Two spaces, it was believed, made it easier to see where one sentence ended and the next began. Most typeset text, both before and after the typewriter, used a single space.
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Tags: period, punctuation, two spaces, typeset text
July 11th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
“Similarly, it was also a rude awakening when he realized that he was missing a tooth, only to find out that people were laughing at him because of it, and not because of his numerous midget jokes. Space had always been a problem for Dan Schreck. Some say it had to do with his having to share a womb with his twin, which fused long ago to his inner intestine. This typographic error, haunting him throughout his life, unknowingly, was the last straw. Dan soon joined NASA, in an effort to fully explore the last frontier, and deal with it emotionally.”
– from the Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2046
July 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Thanks for the reminder - I’ve been trying to break myself of this habit for years now!!!