French spacing vs single space after punctuation.

[Shawn <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com>]

Hi Robert... you found that conversion? Where?

French spacing (or double spacing) is one of my few pet peeves. I annoys me
to no end. I know I should not let it bother me but it does.... Partly
because I am mildly obsessive compulsive (self-diagnosed LOL) and partly
because most people will never notice nor  care. Nevertheless, when editing
documents from my engineering colleagues, I WILL waste time clearing out
those French spaces!

I was going to post this to begin a debate, however, this isn't up for
debate. The consensus is clear, this habit is an artifact from the
typewriter days that just needs to stop. Please!

Odd thing is, I am seeing the French spacing from authors far too young to
have ever even touched a typewriter. LOL.

Thanks for listening. I feel better now (after editing a 25 page technical
report with about 200 French spaces).

Shawn


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Robert Courtney <bobsc1 -at- earthlink -dot- net>
wrote:

> Thanks, I found the information about the single vs double spacing.
> Appreciate it.
>
> Bobby
>
> On 4/28/2014 9:00 AM, Jim Jones wrote:
>
>> Some call the double space after a period thing 'French spacing.' And, it
>> is a legacy of [fixed] monotype fonts. Hopefully these terms will help you
>> find the conversation thread.
>>
>> Jim Jones
>>
>> linkedin.com/in/jimxlat <http://linkedin.com/in/jimxlat>
>>
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>>
>> Twitter: @han4yu3 [Mandarin]
>>
>

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