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Subject:Re: space space From:Caryn Rizell <caryn -at- HPPTC95 -dot- ROSE -dot- HP -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 May 1994 09:40:30 PDT
In regards to the space space issue:
I always used double spaces after a sentence until I started
using FrameMaker, which defaults to one space after a
sentence. Then I found out that the one space convention
is standard in the typesetting world, therefore the default.
It was hard to break the space space habit, but I did.
But now I am intrigued: which should we be using, and why?
Caryn Rizell
caryn -at- hpptc95 -dot- rose -dot- hp -dot- com
> 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.
