As someone who worked as a proof reader on a morning newspaper in the hot metal days, I can tell you that the "double space" after a period was a function of the typesetting machines, because the full stop slug and the following capital letter 'created' that appearance, not some received style guideline.....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris McLay" To: "Chris Williams" Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] Double space after a period : > PS -- it is very correct, it is NOT something for old English : > teachers. : > The Chicago manual, the latest Strunk and White editions, and many : > others, still use it. Just because a random entry in Wikipedia and : > the : > AP don't do it, doesn't mean it's not right... And browsers don't : > do it : > because it's easier to collapse all spaces, not because it's right. : : It became popular for an technology which is now rarely used, and it : is not "right" neither is it "wrong", just unnecessary. Some places : still require it, most don't. Modern typography does not require two : spaces to remain legible - which is the reason for doing it. : : Why am I raising this? Because all these fixes are very messy and : complicated for something which has little value to the reader of : your web site. If you need something with double spaces following a : period, then put it in an RTF file and let them download the file set : as you want. : : See reference from MLA Style Guide FAQ below: : > How many spaces should I leave after a period or other concluding : > mark of punctuation? : > : > Publications in the United States today usually have the same : > spacing after a punctuation mark as between words on the same line. : > Since word processors make available the same fonts used by : > typesetters for printed works, many writers, influenced by the look : > of typeset publications, now leave only one space after a : > concluding punctuation mark. In addition, most publishers' : > guidelines for preparing a manuscript on disk ask authors to type : > only the spaces that are to appear in print. : > : > Because it is increasingly common for papers and manuscripts to be : > prepared with a single space after all punctuation marks, this : > spacing is shown in the examples in the MLA Handbook and the MLA : > Style Manual. As a practical matter, however, there is nothing : > wrong with using two spaces after concluding punctuation marks : > unless an instructor or editor requests that you do otherwise. : : - http://www.mla.org/style/style_faq/style_faq3 : ______________________________________________________________________ : css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d : IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 : List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ : Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ : : : : -- : No virus found in this incoming message. : Checked by AVG Free Edition. : Version: 7.0.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 13/10/06 : : -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/06 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
