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June 4

Dear World.

brianvan:

ninety9:

For the hundredth time: double space after a period is an antiquated style that has been rendered obsolete by modern typesetting tools (that is, any word processor developed post-DOS). The youngs, who never type more than one sentence ever, are of course exempt from needing to know this.

What, you have a problem with having six pages of copy returned to you because you have to make it a   party?

I just yesterday wrote a three paragraph long explanation about spaces after sentences and the history of publishing to an author who wanted to know why the typesetter had changed around all his spacing issues (When what I wanted to say was “TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A REAL PROFESSIONAL BOOK AND NOT SOMETHING YOU TYPED UP IN MS WORD, IDIOT!”).

His response?

Marcia,

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

Richard

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  1. notesfromundervault reblogged this from ninety9 and added:
    I tap two spaces...periods. I prefer...think less...
  2. wordofteekz reblogged this from whatevs and added:
    whatevs (dot org): Dear World.
  3. johnness reblogged this from whatevs and added:
    It’s a matter of taste, and my taste runs toward the doublespace (though I err on the side of compounding possible words...
  4. marseeah reblogged this from brianvan and added:
    I just yesterday wrote a three paragraph long explanation about spaces after sentences and the history of publishing to...
  5. whatevs reblogged this from ninety9 and added:
    emotion. Double spaces
  6. brianvan reblogged this from ninety9 and added:
    problem with having six pages...you because you have to make it a   party?
  7. ninety9 posted this