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11. Sometimes I get all mavericky and use two spaces just for the hell of it.

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 09:50 AM

Mar 2014

I write for a living and sometimes I get bored.

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The endless debate: One space or two spaces after a period? [View all] Godhumor Mar 2014 OP

I agree. evlbstrd Mar 2014 #1

Back in the old days angstlessk Mar 2014 #3

That's how I learnt and PumpkinAle Mar 2014 #7

Yep. I don't think I could ever be broken of that habit. Coventina Mar 2014 #13

Exactly. Typing class in summer school - 1968. mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #24

Two spaces after a period; one after a comma PumpkinAle Mar 2014 #8

two after a colon or semi-colon lastlib Mar 2014 #10

Yeah, this was all what I was taught in typing class 40 years ago. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #21

I'll add some nuance: 2 on a non-kerned system, 1 on a kerned system Recursion Mar 2014 #5

+1 cyberswede Mar 2014 #12

Two spaces, always. warrior1 Mar 2014 #15

Generational thing, I think. malthaussen Mar 2014 #16

Never two spaces with an auto kerning font The Second Stone Mar 2014 #17

Never two of anything. Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #19

One space. Always. Including my Courier. Auggie Mar 2014 #20

It used to be two with typewriters -- now it is one with computers. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #22

One space after every sentence. RebelOne Mar 2014 #23