The real issue is the perceived space between sentences and whether it
is greater or equal to the space between words in a sentence.
If you're using a fixed space font, then you NEED two spaces to make it
easier to read.
If you're using a proportional spaced font, then the 2 spaces are less
important. I personally don't believe it ruins the readability of in
proportional spaced text if there's a little more space between sentences.
So if you regularly use both fixed and proportional spaced fonts, then
the simple rule is to use 2 spaces. That way you don't have to change
your typing muscles when you switch fonts.
bp
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On 5/9/2018 6:38 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
They taught me in high school to double tap the spacebar after a
sentence. That was 1996. No mention of one space that I recall.
Almost nobody was using type writers at that point.
At least they taught me to type and I'm glad for it. I have a
colleague who hunts and pecks with two fingers on each hand. This guy
has a masters degree from Harvard, so whenever I see him type I marvel
at the thought that he must have jammed out a 20 page thesis by
hunting and pecking.
For me it's quite literally a tell for how old someone is: before or
after typewriters. When we were taught typing in middle school it was
using computers and it was single space. I was *told* that on
typewriters it was two spaces.
