Sorry for my as usual unchecked first sentence!! I'm sure people more concerned at proof-reading that typography will be hating me as much as using 2 spaces annoys me.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
He goes on to say:
"Larger spaces (e.g. en spaces) are themselves punctuation.
The rule is sometimes altered, however, when setting classical Latin and Greek, romanized Sanskrit, phonetics or other kinds of texts in which sentences begin with lowercase letters. In the absence of a capital, a full en space between sentences may be welcome.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
"quaint Victorian habit"? lol I am a steampunk!
― clay/tone herbskirt nut/mother, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
I was taught to use two spaces, which I did up until a couple years ago when I successfully started using only one.
However, this thread is seriously making me think about switching back to two.
― well in (advance johnson), Friday, 16 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Knock yourself out, if I ever have to set your copy I know how find and replace works.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
FIND: ". "REPLACE: "big fat hairy penis"
― Fozzielad, Friday, 16 December 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
These arguments all boil down to "let us not forsake the gods of our fathers" vs. "god is dead, you silly geese".
― Aimless, Friday, 16 December 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
When learning to write with a pen(cil) while in very early years at school, I remember vaguely being taught one finger width after a comma, two after a full stop. Not with typing though.
― Banned socks (Osoby), Friday, 16 December 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
That's all very well, but what if you are an elephant?
― Y.O. Mini (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 16 December 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 30 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFpsDAL4oKE
― another suggestbanite (rusty flathead screwdriver), Friday, 30 December 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 31 December 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Poll ResultsOption Votes1 762 12
About what I expected.
I use 1 space. In typing class we were taught 2 spaces (1991, on typewriters) and I kept doing it until ~2005 when I was SCHOCKED to learn that the rationale behind 2 spaces didn't apply to most typing on a computer.
It was not difficult at all to retrain myself, though the double-tap on the space bar did feel really satisfying.
― Sandbox Jesse, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
Double-tapping two-space trogs is equally satisfying, imo.
― IEEE (Leee), Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I am thinking this poll solves nothing. nothing. the bleak futility of it rises up and threatens to engulf me.
― Aimless, Sunday, 1 January 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
i just got an iphone and i'm worried the period trick is gonna bring back some old habits
― k3vin k., Sunday, 1 January 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link