<div dir="ltr">On googling I see I have stumbled into a controversial area. Who knew that the norm was to have no space. It doesn't seem as readable, but I can see this isn't one that I am going to win. <div><br></div><div>... suggestion withdrawn.<div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Wayne Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wayneinbc@gmail.com" target="_blank">wayneinbc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">But even your note has at least a single space after the periods. The blender docs have no space.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br>On Sunday, January 25, 2015, Nicholas Rishel <<a href="mailto:rishel.nick@gmail.com" target="_blank">rishel.nick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>To be more specific as to why: double space after a period is a carry over from monospaced type typewriters; computers eliminate this need because most commonly used fonts are proportionally spaced. I don't think a compelling argument can be made that this is useful because double space is considered neither good practice nor a common convention.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Jaagup Irve <span dir="ltr"><<a>jaagup.irve@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is creepy. No, please, no :)<br>
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On 25 January 2015 at 20:38, Wayne Campbell <<a>wayneinbc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It makes for easier reading to have a double space after the period ending a<br>
> sentence. Our latest formatted docs have no space at all - the next<br>
> sentence is pressed up against the period. What do others think? Is this<br>
> something that should be on the list to fix?<br>
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> Wayne<br>
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