Comments on: Tip o’ the Day: One space will do http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/ Advice for graduate students on creativity, scholarship, communication, and time management Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eric http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9711 Eric Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:06:38 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9711 Or, better yet talk to a true designer, or typographer. Most universities have a few professors in these fields. I'm confident that the answer you get will be one space with proportional fonts. Why? That is what I was taught in typography and design courses. Or, better yet talk to a true designer, or typographer. Most universities have a few professors in these fields. I’m confident that the answer you get will be one space with proportional fonts. Why? That is what I was taught in typography and design courses.

]]> By: Mister Thorne http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9427 Mister Thorne Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:43 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9427 Take a look at most books published before the 1950s. They use proportional type, and two spaces are set after a period. Take a look at most books published before the 1950s. They use proportional type, and two spaces are set after a period.

]]> By: Timm http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9011 Timm Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:04:24 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9011 Teekay. Fine that those are your pet peeves, but they are personal ones, and not grounded in grammatical law (as if there is such a thing). Hyphenating compound verbs is proper and acceptable. You are free to not verb-hyphenate if you don't want to. Teekay. Fine that those are your pet peeves, but they are personal ones, and not grounded in grammatical law (as if there is such a thing). Hyphenating compound verbs is proper and acceptable. You are free to not verb-hyphenate if you don’t want to.

]]> By: Timm http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9007 Timm Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:05:12 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-9007 Two spaces for me. Always. No matter its origins in monospace fonts or not, it's still proper style. I wouldn't go so far as saying that you one-spacers are doing things frankly wrong, but it is worth preserving the fact that two spaces is still the formally correct way to do it. And, I personally think it's even more useful on the web where the fuzzy on-screen font makes text even harder to decipher. Two spaces for me. Always. No matter its origins in monospace fonts or not, it’s still proper style. I wouldn’t go so far as saying that you one-spacers are doing things frankly wrong, but it is worth preserving the fact that two spaces is still the formally correct way to do it. And, I personally think it’s even more useful on the web where the fuzzy on-screen font makes text even harder to decipher.

]]> By: pete http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-239 pete Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:29:11 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-239 I suspected that something like this was true for a long time... now, all I have to do is beat the muscle memory ingrained in my hands. I suspected that something like this was true for a long time… now, all I have to do is beat the muscle memory ingrained in my hands.

]]> By: Abie http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-235 Abie Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:33:24 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-235 "If only you would have written this last week before I started writing my seminar paper! I am 30 pages in now…I guess it will have to be next time." Searching and replacing is easy, especially for something as precise as adouble space... "you use LaTeX, which is smart enough to do the double spaces for you if you want. Or not, if you use \frenchspacing." 1/ LaTeX rocks 2/ Aaaah... so my being French might explain my total ignorance of doublespacing. Is it something specifically English-related? “If only you would have written this last week before I started writing my seminar paper! I am 30 pages in now…I guess it will have to be next time.”

Searching and replacing is easy, especially for something as precise as adouble space…

“you use LaTeX, which is smart enough to do the double spaces for you if you want. Or not, if you use \frenchspacing.”
1/ LaTeX rocks
2/ Aaaah… so my being French might explain my total ignorance of doublespacing. Is it something specifically English-related?

]]> By: Teekay http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-216 Teekay Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:47:24 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-216 Thanks, Doc, for the write-up -- I will send over lots of people in the coming days and week, basically everyone whose copy I edit. Two spaces after a period are among my top three pet peeves, together with using "impact" as a verb and hyphenating compound verbs ("he smashed-up the furniture and backed-off"). Thanks, Doc, for the write-up — I will send over lots of people in the coming days and week, basically everyone whose copy I edit. Two spaces after a period are among my top three pet peeves, together with using “impact” as a verb and hyphenating compound verbs (“he smashed-up the furniture and backed-off”).

]]> By: Mike http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-210 Mike Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:32:15 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-210 Yikes! Double yikes! Yikes! Double yikes!

]]> By: Jerry http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-208 Jerry Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:40:03 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-208 I'm intrigued that the an article exhorting us to use onespace between sentences still use two. Or am I incorrect about that notion and it's just my browser? I’m intrigued that the an article exhorting us to use onespace between sentences still use two. Or am I incorrect about that notion and it’s just my browser?

]]> By: Thomas http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-207 Thomas Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:08:51 +0000 http://eebatou.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/tip-o-the-day-one-space-will-do/#comment-207 On the web, using double spaces is 100% useless, in word processors, it's a matter of taste. However, if you do serious writing, you don't use word processors and waste time on fixing designs: you use LaTeX, which is smart enough to do the double spaces for you if you want. Or not, if you use \frenchspacing. And, Marmaduke is an asshole ;-) On the web, using double spaces is 100% useless, in word processors, it’s a matter of taste. However, if you do serious writing, you don’t use word processors and waste time on fixing designs: you use LaTeX, which is smart enough to do the double spaces for you if you want. Or not, if you use \frenchspacing.

And, Marmaduke is an asshole ;-)

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