I _knew_ it!

[KinooOrKinog]

I can't not do it. I learned to touch type on a typewriter way back in the day before computers were a thing in offices & it's automatic to me now. Can't stop, won't stop [emoji23]

[NotAllThere]

IIRC double spacing makes sense for a typewriter. I forget the reasoning.

Already? It's been less than 6 hours since I posted it.

When non-proportional fonts were all you had, then double spacing made it easier to read. In these days of proportional fonts, they're just not necessary.

[Old Greg]

The yanks? My mum (expert typist) taught me two spaces after a full-stop and I've been telling Yanks for years they THEY ARE WRONG to use only one.

EDIT: I guess I might be the last person to use 2 spaces after a full-stop

IIRC double spacing makes sense for a typewriter. I forget the reasoning.

[Platypus]

At last, the penny (or dime? ) has dropped - The Yanks have been doing it wrong all this time!

The yanks? My mum (expert typist) taught me two spaces after a full-stop and I've been telling Yanks for years they THEY ARE WRONG to use only one.

EDIT: I guess I might be the last person to use 2 spaces after a full-stop

[ladymuck]

Phew, thought it was pouring petrol on the everlasting embers of the tabs v spaces war.


That show (Silicon Valley) is so spot on the dweebs think it's a tribute rather than a piss take.

A friend of mine used to centre text by using spaces rather than the alignment buttons.

[Old Greg]

Last human to use two spaces after a full stop dies

[xoggoth]

When I "mistype" things, it's not an error, it's artistic expression.

[Hobosapien]

Phew, thought it was pouring petrol on the everlasting embers of the tabs v spaces war.

That show (Silicon Valley) is so spot on the dweebs think it's a tribute rather than a piss take.

[ladymuck]

It should be a configurable parameter rather than impose one style or another.

[Old Greg]

Nobody tell Rees Mogg.

[Paddy]

At last, the penny (or dime? ) has dropped - The Yanks have been doing it wrong all this time!

2020-04-28 Typing a double space after a full stop is WRONG: Microsoft Word will now flag two spaces between sentences as a formatting 'error'

Solicitors will be unhappy, they already have large letterheading and logos in the margins to get less on a page.

[NotAllThere]

When non-proportional fonts were all you had, then double spacing made it easier to read. In these days of proportional fonts, they're just not necessary.

[OwlHoot]

At last, the penny (or dime? ) has dropped - The Yanks have been doing it wrong all this time!

2020-04-28 Typing a double space after a full stop is WRONG: Microsoft Word will now flag two spaces between sentences as a formatting 'error'