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Subject:Re: space space From:Rikki Nyman <nymanr -at- TRG -dot- TRGLINK -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 May 1994 12:57:57 -0700
My cohort and I have gone over this and have concluded that this is largely
personal preference. I like white space where ever I can put it. My
counterpart, on the other hand, maintains that it absolutely unnecessary to
double-space. I think one space is too close and looks crowded. She thinks
it looks fine.
In a hundred years it won't matter. :-)
R.
>My editor yesterday told me to globally change my 2 spaces
>after each sentence to 1 space after each sentence. The
>two-space habit is so engrained that I don't know if I
>can switch. I also think this is a bit of personal preference.
>What do you think? In the age of desktop publishing, have you
>switched to the single space? (I have heard a dtp guru list
>the single space as a "rule," but I still choose to space-space.)
>If it makes a difference, I was using 11-pt Palatino.
