7 Jan
2002
7 Jan
'02
2:03 a.m.
> > > > When I was in the 8th grade, one
of the courses we were required
> > > > to take was in typing. I've never gotten particularly good at
> > > > it, but I did learn that a period at the end of a sentence is
> > > > followed by two spaces, for example.
> > > Thank you very much. So it seams there is a 'school' forcing this
in
> > > the US .... and I always wondered why some people add two spaces after
> > > a period.
> > I imagine Hans was taught that it's
"wrong", since I imagine
> > he learned to type in German.
> there was only two trules
> about spaces (AFAIR): Three (or one, sinplified) at the beginning
> of a new paragraph, and one after each punktuation (and none before).
> We been told about some odd formats for accounting, but I realy don't
> remember.
I, too, find it of immense interest. I recall being
taught that
paragraphs were indented 5 spaces. I also remember that this was not
universal, as there was another variation, called "block style" which was
not indented at all.
Jep, same here - we been told that for strict business letters there
may be no intended first line at all.
I have been looking at a number of books, and noticed
that some have a
single space between sentences, others two spaces. This occurrs in both
US and UK editions. I even noticed a German grammar in blackletter that
uses the double spaces, although it was US printed. I do notice, though,
that the double spacing enhances the readability of the text.
The world of books (and typesetting) has always been very international,
and therefore mixed up.
Gruss
H.
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VCF Europa 3.0 am 27./28. April 2002 in Muenchen
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