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Subject:Re: Spacing after a period... From:William E Newkirk <wenewkir -at- MBNOTES -dot- CCA -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:25:31 -0400
Try this experiment: Write a page both ways. Hold them each at arms
length
at take a look at them. Which looks more comfortable to read? Take a
look
at any recent bestseller. I guarantee you that they are not still
using
manual printing presses, but book publishers still generally (with
exceptions) use two spaces.
Depends on the type face in use. It's a different effect with monospaced
type
than with proportional. (the printing guys here argued for double column,
serif type
as easiest to read/most words per page layout..so of course the industry
spec is
single column with sans serif font...8) )
Book publishers probably use an "Em Space" for sentence breaks. Looking
here on my copy
of MS word, i find there's several options for spacing (and same is true of
word perfect
and probably lotus word pro and so on.)
bill n.
wenewkir -at- collins -dot- rockwell -dot- com
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