Welcome to Day 222.....
So you can file this under boring but necessary and true...
This is for those of us who are on the upside of forty and took typing classes in high school...you may remember that when writing a sentence, you needed to hit the space bar twice after the punctuation at the end of each sentence.
That habit has been well-instilled in me for decades and has continued on with me as I began my writing career.
Well just so you know, you can stop adding that extra space. Here's the real deal on the double spaces from blogger Jennifer Gonzalez...
Thanks Jennifer...
So writers and typers...it's time to let go of that double space. Think of all the time we'll be saving.
Here's more information on the double space debate...
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/two-spaces-after-period/
And...
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html
Here's Today's Takeaway Lesson...
So you can file this under boring but necessary and true...
This is for those of us who are on the upside of forty and took typing classes in high school...you may remember that when writing a sentence, you needed to hit the space bar twice after the punctuation at the end of each sentence.
That habit has been well-instilled in me for decades and has continued on with me as I began my writing career.
Well just so you know, you can stop adding that extra space. Here's the real deal on the double spaces from blogger Jennifer Gonzalez...
"Unless you are typing on an actual typewriter, you no longer have to put two spaces after a period.
Or a question mark. Or an exclamation point. The rule applies to all end punctuation. Just one space. Really.
Yes, really.
Here’s why: Back when we used typewriters, every character was given the exact same amount of space on the page. That meant the letter i was given the same amount of space as the letterm, even though it clearly didn’t need it. This is called monospaced typesetting and it’s, well, spacey. We needed that extra space between sentences to make it easier to see the beginning of new sentences.
Word processors and computers and everything that is not a very old typewriter use mostly proportionally spaced fonts, which adjust spacing to the size of the letter. That’s why a proportional font can squeeze 12 letters into the same space where a monospace font can only fit nine:"
So writers and typers...it's time to let go of that double space. Think of all the time we'll be saving.
Here's more information on the double space debate...
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/two-spaces-after-period/
And...
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html
Here's Today's Takeaway Lesson...
"I Am Still Learning" Michelangelo Age 87
Here's to Being All In,
Maggie
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