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"How many spaces should I leave after a period or other concluding mark of punctuation?". Modern Language Association. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006; Rhodes, John S. (13 May 1999). "One Versus Two Spaces After a Period". WebWord.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010; The Times (2010).
Sentence spacing concerns how spaces are inserted between sentences in typeset text and is a matter of typographical convention. [1] Since the introduction of movable-type printing in Europe, various sentence spacing conventions have been used in languages with a Latin alphabet. [2]
"Additional space at the ends of sentences is called 'French Spacing.' It is a very old practice, having been commonplace in books up through the 19th century" [7] "Adding two spaces after a period is called French spacing. French spacing was quite common in books before the 19th century. Later it became the norm for typewritten copy." [8]
You are right, 2 spaces makes for easier reading. However, if these pages are rendered according to standard HTML rules (I think they are), you are both wasting your time. HTML ignores all series of spaces after the first one, so 2 spaces (or 10 spaces) are always displayed as one. - Marshman 17:25, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)
1 000 000 000 000 (thin space) or 1000000 not 1,000,000 or 1.000.000 1 000 000 000 000 (regular space which is significantly wider) Sometimes a narrow non-breaking space or non-breaking space , respectively, is recommended (as in, for example, IEEE Standards [ 25 ] and IEC standards [ 26 ] ) to avoid the separation of units and values or parts ...
Most digital fonts permit the use of a variable space or a no-break space. [1] Some modern font specifications, such as OpenType, have the ability to automatically add or reduce space after punctuation, [citation needed] and users may be able to choose sentence spacing variations.
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A space after a period is only required before a non-abbreviated word. For example, both J.K. (singer) and J. K. L. Ross are acceptable. Because the difference between a name with a space after every initial, and one with less spaces can not be used as single difference in a disambiguation logic a redirect must be