4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
9:41 a.m.
On Jan 4, 11:45, Richard Erlacher wrote:
If the period took up as much space as another
character, that would be
true, but with mail readers that perform kerning as though they were
trying
to prepare text for publication, the period gets
short-schrift, so to
speak,
and often is nearly invisible. The practice of
inserting two spaces was
inherited from the requirement for it in the printing/publishing
industry.
Actually, it has long been normal to use the same space between sentences
as between words in printing.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York