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by jake123

8/14/06 6:39:33 PM

8/14/06 6:39:57 PM

I'd like to recommend

[link|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881792063/sr=8-1/qid=1155595044/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-5610957-5315005?ie=UTF8|The Elements of Typographic Style], by Robert Bringhurst. It contains an extensive discussion on this... and he's fully in agreement with Peter, even with monospaced fonts. It's a great book; I'd recommend it in general, not just for checking out the question of full stop double space.

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Edited by jake123 Aug. 14, 2006, 06:39:57 PM EDT

I'd like to recommend

[link|http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881792063/sr=8-1/qid=1155595044/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-5610957-5315005?ie=UTF8|"The Elements of Typographic Style], by Robert Bringhurst. It contains an extensive discussion on this... and he's fully in agreement with Peter, even with monospaced fonts. It's a great book; I'd recommend it in general, not just for checking out the question of full stop double space.

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What bad habits would they be? - (static) - (12) - Aug. 14, 2006, 01:10:34 AM EDT

Text editors in general and UNIX in particular - (pwhysall) - (11) - Aug. 14, 2006, 07:39:57 AM EDT

Two spaces has nothing to do with Unix - (drewk) - (8) - Aug. 14, 2006, 08:39:45 AM EDT

Bingo! I was tought that in the 8th grade typing. - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 14, 2006, 09:10:13 AM EDT

Ditto - typing class in high school. - (Steve Lowe) - (6) - Aug. 14, 2006, 10:37:21 AM EDT

Stupid - (drewk) - (5) - Aug. 14, 2006, 11:00:13 AM EDT

Disagree if you like. - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 14, 2006, 06:10:54 PM EDT

I'd like to recommend - (jake123) - Aug. 14, 2006, 06:39:57 PM EDT

"Wrong" ... heh - (Ashton) - Aug. 14, 2006, 08:48:12 PM EDT

Dunno. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2006, 10:45:35 PM EDT

If it's not dogmatic... - (pwhysall) - Aug. 15, 2006, 02:48:58 AM EDT

Two spaces after the period . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2006, 10:49:36 AM EDT

LaTeX is guilty of the latter. - (static) - Aug. 15, 2006, 09:31:15 AM EDT

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