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Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
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Sat, 2 Dec 2000 01:31:49 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:
> Furthermore, *defintely* not true when using proportionally-spaced fonts.
> With e-mail and news, everybody should be using a monospaced font, so using
> two spaces is acceptable [1], but if you're writing a paper or memo or
> letter and using Times or some other normal font, just space once. [2]
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> [1] Although, as I said, not common style -- just as most people use blocks
> for paragraphs instead of indenting, and many people use logical quoting
> instead of always putting punctuation inside quote marks even when it makes
> no sense.
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> [2] This is probably why people don't space twice on the net -- it's hard to
> shift from one style to the other, and proportionally-spaced fonts with
> extra spaces look way worse than leaving them out here.
Well, I'll have to disagree with you on that one. I always put two
spaces in between sentences and I always will. I find that it looks
cleaner anyway.
Cheers,
Tom
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| (...) Not generally true in common internet style. Furthermore, *defintely* not true when using proportionally-spaced fonts. With e-mail and news, everybody should be using a monospaced font, so using two spaces is acceptable [1], but if you're (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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