Reply #65: Although I learned to type on an ancient 1920's typewriter, [View All]

[kentauros]

if they ever taught the "rule" of two spaces, I promptly forgot it, thankfully! ;)

I don't know where I read it, but one thing that two spaces causes on a page is "rivers of white". That is, look at a large paragraph written with double spaces after the periods and you'll see these gaps of space connecting line by line. I guess to typographers and publishers, that's not esthetically pleasing. Who knows? It might even have some physiological problem for our eyes. I don't know; it's just one of those weird tidbits I once read.

Now, this article explains why two-spaces are "wrong". I know working with a friend that did the double spacing in his writing didn't really like it when I did a global-replace and set them all to one space, but his was the only complaint once the work went online. So there! :P

Tip o’ the Day: One space will do