[Bf-docboard] Style Suggestion - Double Space after Period?

Wayne Campbell wayneinbc at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 00:46:01 CET 2015


But even your note has at least a single space after the periods.   The
blender docs have no space.

On Sunday, January 25, 2015, Nicholas Rishel <rishel.nick at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Jaagup Irve <jaagup.irve at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jaagup.irve at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> This is creepy. No, please, no :)
>>
>> J.
>>
>> On 25 January 2015 at 20:38, Wayne Campbell <wayneinbc at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wayneinbc at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> > It makes for easier reading to have a double space after the period
>> ending a
>> > sentence.  Our latest formatted docs have no space at all -  the next
>> > sentence is pressed up against the period.   What do others think?  Is
>> this
>> > something that should be on the list to fix?
>> >
>> >
>> > Wayne
>> >
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