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The Great Double Space Quandary
By Keith Nealy

>  [ I'm still very comfortable with how double-space after the end of
>  [ a sentence looks in a monospace font.  It will be a hard habit
>  [ to break (If I decide to try...).
>  [
>  [ Jody

Well, you may be able to resist putting extra spaces in Marc's
comments, but as a former graphic artist I can't resist seconding
Marc's recommendations. Double spaces after periods is left over from
typewriters. Typesetters never used two. Just one. It looks better. You
needn't publish this to the whole list, as I doubt all those interested
in mechanical instruments care much about typography. I appreciate your
editing, but I wouldn't spend too much time correcting errors. After
all, it tells us something about the writer, and there's a certain
integrity in preserving the actual way it was sent [minus the
superfluous requoted text, of course]. And I agree it would be helpful
for writers to provide pertinent subject lines.

Best, Keith

 [ I appreciate the feedback.  I'm going to share this with the group for
 [ the sake of balance -- I've printed _all_ the replies supporting two
 [ spaces.  Jody



(Message sent Wed, 29 May 1996 00:53:43 -0700 , from time zone -0700.)

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