Do you use two spaces after a period?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do sometimes at the mall if I'm still in a really bad mood.

Wrong thread? I hope.

Humor perhaps.

Yes, but still. Is it WRONG?

[Anonymous]

I am a two-spacer, learned in high school typing class in the early '80's. To much of a habit to change, but I do back with global search/replace for anything that goes to our publications and layout people. Two spaces plays havoc with the layout/typesetting software.

"...and when in when it comes to havoc no one reeks like me! ! !"
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

[Anonymous]

That famous guy from Phineas and Ferb is on DCUM-AWESOME!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do sometimes at the mall if I'm still in a really bad mood.

Wrong thread? I hope.

Humor perhaps.

Yes, but still. Is it WRONG?

Yes, it is WRONG. PMSing, maybe, but to use two spaces after a period? Yes, I'm sorry, but it is just WRONG.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have the faster typewriteranator X3000 in the ENTIRE Tri-State area.

[Anonymous]

Who the fuck cares! Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do sometimes at the mall if I'm still in a really bad mood.

You're funny.

The rest of you are nuts. Kerning? Worrying about Times New Roman font? Checking all your books to see how many spaces are used?

I can't believe I wasted my insomniac early morning hours reading this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 43, took a typing class in 1985, and use two spaces. I'm not going to change, and I write for a living.

And I'm an editor for a living (who learned to type with the double spaces) and have to do search and replace on all the documents sent to me to get rid of the spaces. Gets old fast. Just hit the space bar once. How hard is that?!

Print and web articles with two spaces after each sentence look unprofessional, like a term paper typed in 1977.

[Anonymous]

I'm an editor and writer. Two spaces after a period is wrong if you are using a proportional font (like Times New Roman or Helvetica). The font builds in enough space automatically.

Yes, it is a pain to re-teach yourself, but you should do it. Using two spaces after a period telegraphs (!) that you are old and learned to type on a typewriter. It puts you in the camp of people who don't understand Track Changes and manually apply red color and the "strike-out" style to their text to show a deletion (Yes, there really are lots of these people out there, and I work with some of them, and they are all die-hard double spacers).

[Anonymous]

What about 1 or 2 spaces between the state and the zip code? I know not many typed letters are sent now, but in the 1990s I was taught 2 spaces was correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an editor and writer. Two spaces after a period is wrong if you are using a proportional font (like Times New Roman or Helvetica). The font builds in enough space automatically.

Yes, it is a pain to re-teach yourself, but you should do it. Using two spaces after a period telegraphs (!) that you are old and learned to type on a typewriter. It puts you in the camp of people who don't understand Track Changes and manually apply red color and the "strike-out" style to their text to show a deletion (Yes, there really are lots of these people out there, and I work with some of them, and they are all die-hard double spacers).

Wow, you sound like the life of the party!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an editor and writer. Two spaces after a period is wrong if you are using a proportional font (like Times New Roman or Helvetica). The font builds in enough space automatically.

Yes, it is a pain to re-teach yourself, but you should do it. Using two spaces after a period telegraphs (!) that you are old and learned to type on a typewriter. It puts you in the camp of people who don't understand Track Changes and manually apply red color and the "strike-out" style to their text to show a deletion (Yes, there really are lots of these people out there, and I work with some of them, and they are all die-hard double spacers).

Wow, you sound like the life of the party!

I bet he is. At a party for the living dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an editor and writer. Two spaces after a period is wrong if you are using a proportional font (like Times New Roman or Helvetica). The font builds in enough space automatically.

Yes, it is a pain to re-teach yourself, but you should do it. Using two spaces after a period telegraphs (!) that you are old and learned to type on a typewriter. It puts you in the camp of people who don't understand Track Changes and manually apply red color and the "strike-out" style to their text to show a deletion (Yes, there really are lots of these people out there, and I work with some of them, and they are all die-hard double spacers).

Wow, you sound like the life of the party!

I bet he is. At a party for the living dead.

Yes, because we all know writing is a big part of any party. Oh brother.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an editor and writer. Two spaces after a period is wrong if you are using a proportional font (like Times New Roman or Helvetica). The font builds in enough space automatically.

Yes, it is a pain to re-teach yourself, but you should do it. Using two spaces after a period telegraphs (!) that you are old and learned to type on a typewriter. It puts you in the camp of people who don't understand Track Changes and manually apply red color and the "strike-out" style to their text to show a deletion (Yes, there really are lots of these people out there, and I work with some of them, and they are all die-hard double spacers).

Wow, you sound like the life of the party!

I bet he is. At a party for the living dead.

Yes, because we all know writing is a big part of any party. Oh brother.

He won't be writing at the party silly! But he will talk about this oh so fascinating topic at said party.