Do you type with two spaces after each sentence, o

[Kathleen]

I've always used one, but I do know in the back of my brain somewhere that other people use two. xD

[PFA]

I did two for a while, but now I've just been doing one. *shrug* Got lazy or something, I dunno.

[fipples~]

One.. it would be really weird for me to put two after each sentence. It would look aesthetically weird to me, so I wouldn't be able to do it without going back and deleting the extra space. xD

[Yugo Ryan]

Two.

That's what I was taught, and it feels awkward to me otherwise.

[laurensk90]

What's the logic behind typing with two spaces? That seems the same like putting three or more question/exclaimation marks after a sentence. If computer developers intended anyone to place two spaces after each word there would be a button for two spaces on the keyboard. Two spaces just look weird. It's not like where you're formatting to text to fit on a page of a book.

Odddddd. Needless to say, I only use one.

[Dice]

I always use two. That's how I learned.

[Stal]

laurensk90 said:

What's the logic behind typing with two spaces? That seems the same like putting three or more question/exclaimation marks after a sentence. If computer developers intended anyone to place two spaces after each word there would be a button for two spaces on the keyboard. Two spaces just look weird. It's not like where you're formatting to text to fit on a page of a book.

Odddddd. Needless to say, I only use one.

If I remember right, it goes back to the days of typing and type-writers. The two spaces after a sentence helped make a document look cleaner and differentiated it from a comma (which on those old machines, it might be harder to tell) and mono-spaced font.

In fact, a quick search just now yielded the answer:

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Double Spaces Between Sentences…NOT!
by Ilene Strizver

Double Spaces....NOT!

Much has changed along the journey from typewriters to setting type on computers. Still, there are a number of typewriting conventions that are no longer relevant but which stubbornly refuse to go away. At the top of this list is the practice of putting two spaces between sentences. Forget about tolerating differences of opinion: typographically speaking, typing two spaces before the start of a new sentence is absolutely, unequivocally wrong.

Why We Do It
Why is typing a double space after the end of a sentence such a common practice? And why do so many writers still deliver copy this way? The answer: typing class! This is how most of us were taught to type (and still are, in many cases). The two-space habit is based on the limitations of typewriters; specifically, of typewriter fonts.

Typewriter fonts are monospaced, which means that every letter, whether it’s a wide letter such as ‘m’ or a narrow letter like ‘i’, takes up the same amount of space. This makes for very open-looking spacing, so the convention of adding an extra space between sentences was established to achieve a noticeable separation between sentences.

Conversely, nearly all computer fonts (except Courier) have proportional spacing, which means that the width of the characters and the spacing surrounding them are in proportion to each other. Proportional spacing results in a more even, balanced appearance. Because of this, a single space is enough to create the necessary visual separation between sentences.

No More Seeing Double
Since we’re working in the digital age, you are now the typesetter as well as the designer. It’s your responsibility to make sure the final copy is free of double spaces. Here are some suggestions to help achieve this:

* Educate the authors and editors who provide your copy about the differences between typing and typesetting, and request that they deliver typeset-ready copy without double spaces.
* If your copy already has double spaces, use your application’s search-and-replace feature to replace double with single spaces.
* Make sure to check any additional or corrected copy you might receive, especially if it arrives in emails or other casually typed sources which are apt to contain double spaces.
* Request that all proofreaders and copy editors who review your work flag double spaces as errors.
* Double-check your work before it goes to the printer or is posted on the web. It’s easy for an extra space to be overlooked during the design process, but someone is sure to see it in the final!

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www.fonts.com/aboutfonts/articles/finetypography/doublespacesnot.htm

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Assuming you mean creative writing, one. It's way more comfortable, imo, but I guess it just depends on what you're used to.

But for college papers/speeches, two. But I occasionally forget and recheck my paper for single spaces.

[Clocky: Activity is a Thing]

One space.

[laurensk90]

stalos said:

laurensk90 said:

What's the logic behind typing with two spaces? That seems the same like putting three or more question/exclaimation marks after a sentence. If computer developers intended anyone to place two spaces after each word there would be a button for two spaces on the keyboard. Two spaces just look weird. It's not like where you're formatting to text to fit on a page of a book.

Odddddd. Needless to say, I only use one.

If I remember right, it goes back to the days of typing and type-writers. The two spaces after a sentence helped make a document look cleaner and differentiated it from a comma (which on those old machines, it might be harder to tell) and mono-spaced font.

In fact, a quick search just now yielded the answer:

---


Double Spaces Between Sentences…NOT!
by Ilene Strizver

Double Spaces....NOT!

Much has changed along the journey from typewriters to setting type on computers. Still, there are a number of typewriting conventions that are no longer relevant but which stubbornly refuse to go away. At the top of this list is the practice of putting two spaces between sentences. Forget about tolerating differences of opinion: typographically speaking, typing two spaces before the start of a new sentence is absolutely, unequivocally wrong.

Why We Do It
Why is typing a double space after the end of a sentence such a common practice? And why do so many writers still deliver copy this way? The answer: typing class! This is how most of us were taught to type (and still are, in many cases). The two-space habit is based on the limitations of typewriters; specifically, of typewriter fonts.

Typewriter fonts are monospaced, which means that every letter, whether it’s a wide letter such as ‘m’ or a narrow letter like ‘i’, takes up the same amount of space. This makes for very open-looking spacing, so the convention of adding an extra space between sentences was established to achieve a noticeable separation between sentences.

Conversely, nearly all computer fonts (except Courier) have proportional spacing, which means that the width of the characters and the spacing surrounding them are in proportion to each other. Proportional spacing results in a more even, balanced appearance. Because of this, a single space is enough to create the necessary visual separation between sentences.

No More Seeing Double
Since we’re working in the digital age, you are now the typesetter as well as the designer. It’s your responsibility to make sure the final copy is free of double spaces. Here are some suggestions to help achieve this:

* Educate the authors and editors who provide your copy about the differences between typing and typesetting, and request that they deliver typeset-ready copy without double spaces.
* If your copy already has double spaces, use your application’s search-and-replace feature to replace double with single spaces.
* Make sure to check any additional or corrected copy you might receive, especially if it arrives in emails or other casually typed sources which are apt to contain double spaces.
* Request that all proofreaders and copy editors who review your work flag double spaces as errors.
* Double-check your work before it goes to the printer or is posted on the web. It’s easy for an extra space to be overlooked during the design process, but someone is sure to see it in the final!

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www.fonts.com/aboutfonts/articles/finetypography/doublespacesnot.htm

Ohh, that explains it. All that pesky typewriter fallout. *shakes fist*

[Ian Wolf-Park]

As far as I could remember, I've been using one space after a period/sentence

[lukeyboy1994]

hey yeah ive also been using one , it would look wierd for me too and id have to change it also !

[♥ Rain]

Two spaces. If I see one space, I have to change it. >__> I can't stand there only being one space after a sentance. It just seems... like a run on sentance, because there's always one space between words.

It's not like I took a typing class or something... I guess I always just thought it was the right thing to do. It's ingrained in me. XD

[Tam]

Always used two. I was taught rather relentlessly to always leave a double space. ^^;

I think I may try to break myself of the habit now, though -- not the least motivation being that I just realized a while ago that someone's had to reformat my stories for the Neopian Times all along.

Edit: Interesting. I typed this message with double-spacing between sentences, but the finished post seems to have only single-spacing.

Edit again: I just read the first page and realized that I am not the first to realize this. xD;

[Nimras]

Two spaces for me.

I think it may have something to do with age. Typewriters you put two spaces after a full stop because they can't adjust the letters spacing, so the extra space really is need to make it easy on the eyes. Otherwise you're assaulted with a full block of text that looks like it's been written in grid from.

I learned to type on a typewriter, hence I use two spaces.