http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/ rock out to the apparatus Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1196 MN Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:43:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1196 It’s Dewey. And it matters. Take a look at a catalogue. Or a novel. Or any newspaper. Even this e-mail type compensates for a period. Here’s what it looks like with two: It’s a great big honking gap between sentences. It’s distracting, when the whole purpose of a double space when typing was to help with typewriter spacing, which didn’t automatically adjust for letter width and punctuation placement. See? It’s not hard to change. I did it. It’s Dewey.
And it matters. Take a look at a catalogue. Or a novel. Or any newspaper. Even this e-mail type compensates for a period. Here’s what it looks like with two: It’s a great big honking gap between sentences. It’s distracting, when the whole purpose of a double space when typing was to help with typewriter spacing, which didn’t automatically adjust for letter width and punctuation placement. See?
It’s not hard to change. I did it.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1195 yami Tue, 23 Mar 2004 03:37:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1195 It’d be much more fun with fisticuffs. And brass knuckles with “love” and “hate” set a la linotype! It’d be much more fun with fisticuffs. And brass knuckles with “love” and “hate” set a la linotype!

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1194 Nessa Mon, 22 Mar 2004 04:19:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/18/double-spacing-after-periods/#comment-1194 Dude, that forum gives me the same feeling as if i was forced to watch some librarians wrestle over Duey. if it wasn’t moderated by HTML=fascism, there’d be blood of typeologists spilled. Dude, that forum gives me the same feeling as if i was forced to watch some librarians wrestle over Duey. if it wasn’t moderated by HTML=fascism, there’d be blood of typeologists spilled.

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