My Apple devices automatically put in a period when I hit the space bar twice.
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Two spaces or one?
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They changed it from two? F*** them.
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I'll add anotherMy Apple devices automatically put in a period when I hit the space bar twice.
That was the argument I used with our favorite editor, but it didn't fly and I'm doing my best to conform.
My Apple devices automatically put in a period when I hit the space bar twice.
Which side of this are you arguing? When you hit the space bar twice, it puts in a period, and a single space. (Just as it should!)
My Android device also does that, but puts it in the wrong spot! It gives me space period, not period space.
Clearly one of the most pressing questions of the age.
I also read that as long as the words start and end with the correct letters and all the needed letters are included in each word, the acual order of the letters doesnt matter for readability.
My respect for this group has fallen off a cliff with this thread. Except for you, dbostedo. Reactionary thinking.
Go back fifty years. Consider a well printed page at the time. It looked just like this. One space. Only the crudeness of the typewriter forced us into the two-space thing - a blip.
I live with a professional designer. She spends all day making things easy on the eye for readability and understanding, as well as commercial appeal. She more or less lives and breathes typefaces and kerning and yadda yadda. She's just rolls her eyes when this comes up.
Go back fifty years. Consider a well printed page at the time. It looked just like this. One space. Only the crudeness of the typewriter forced us into the two-space thing - a blip.
I live with a professional designer. She spends all day making things easy on the eye for readability and understanding, as well as commercial appeal. She more or less lives and breathes typefaces and kerning and yadda yadda. She's just rolls her eyes when this comes up.
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Two spaces on a typewriter, one on computers with scalable fonts. Readability trumps rules
My Apple devices automatically put in a period when I hit the space bar twice.
More importantly, are you allowed to drop mike emoticon your own statement, or only to give the highest respect to what other posters have to say?!
50 years? Why stop there..
We need two spaces and a flourish...but I will settle for two spaces.
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To be honest, I am surprised that 2 spaces is winning in the poll.
I am trying to break the habit of using 2 spaces because I know it was a typewriter thing and I haven't used an actual typewriter in a decade.
But it was drilled into me so diligently and I typed a lot so its a hard habit to break.
Fortunately we have Sbrown to fix it when I fall back on old habits.
I am trying to break the habit of using 2 spaces because I know it was a typewriter thing and I haven't used an actual typewriter in a decade.
But it was drilled into me so diligently and I typed a lot so its a hard habit to break.
Fortunately we have Sbrown to fix it when I fall back on old habits.
Yeah, agree. You seem to have attracted all of our resident curmudgeons with this thread.
Yep! She is picking up the one with the metal edge too. (Note the neatly doubled space after the period)
Active membership skews old here ... you can tell by the responses. I was a double spacer until I started working more in printing and design in the late 90s. It's been single space since then. As noted the double space was a function of crappy spacing on typewriters. Computers with properly kerned and spaced type do not need the extra space. And if you are writing something that will be published anywhere, your editor will take it out (find: space space; replace: space) ... so double space loses despite this poll.
I'm curious. How many Pugskiers are still using typewriters? Obviously not to post.
Unfortunately Pugski via Chrome on a Mac doesn't offer a monospace font. (Also, the 2 space yield . space also doesn't work .
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Unfortunately Pugski via Chrome on a Mac doesn't offer a monospace font. (Also, the 2 space yield . space also doesn't work .
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My "smart" device dropped the mic, I had nothing to do with itMore importantly, are you allowed to drop mike emoticon your own statement, or only to give the highest respect to what other posters have to say?!
.Who you calling a curmudgeon? Where's that "Stay off my lawn" emoji?
I tried single space for a while, decided it was more readable as two spaces. Hence my decision is consistent with the article and I'm sticking with it. Maybe it's because I'm old and that's what I'm used to seeing is the reason it's more readable to me, I don't know, but it is.