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That's not true. Go look at the us constitution, which is not typeset. There are bigger spaces after periods, see article I section 2, lines 3 and 4 for two e

That's not true. Go look at the us constitution, which is not typeset. There are bigger spaces after periods, see article I section 2, lines 3 and 4 for two examples.

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CamperBob2 7y ago
That's a weird non-sequitur that has nothing to do with the topic, considering that the Constitution was handwritten, but it's still interesting to read about how things were done in that era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Shallus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Shallus https://www.vox.com/2015/7/29/9061831/declaration-of-independence-handwritten https://www.vox.com/2015/7/29/9061831/declaration-of-indepen... So, thanks for the diversion down that particular rabbit hole, I guess.
- dnautics 7y ago
  > The practice [of two spaces after the period] originally came from typesetting I'm just challenging that assertion, which is commonplace, but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary, many of which you can see with your own eyes.
  - CamperBob2 7y ago
    It goes back much further than the late 18th century. This is a decent summary, although a bit short on citations for my liking: https://thecontractsguy.net/2014/02/02/spacing-after-periods/ https://thecontractsguy.net/2014/02/02/spacing-after-periods... Literally centuries of typesetters and printers believed that a wider space was necessary after a period, particularly in the English-speaking world. It was the standard since at least the time that William Caslon created the first English typeface in the early 1700s (and part of a tradition that went back further), and it was not seriously questioned among English or American typesetters until the 1920s or so. Extra space after each sentence was and is a good idea, whether you're talking about handwritten documents or typeset ones. Typewritten documents arguably benefit the least from the practice. Point being, when single-space advocates say that double-spacing is obsolete and unnecessary because we don't use typewriters anymore, they are just plain wrong.
    - dnautics 7y ago
      We're agreeing.

That's not true. Go look at the us constitution, which is not typeset. There are bigger spaces after periods, see article I section 2, lines 3 and 4 for two examples.

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CamperBob2 7y ago

That's a weird non-sequitur that has nothing to do with the topic, considering that the Constitution was handwritten, but it's still interesting to read about how things were done in that era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Shallus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Shallus https://www.vox.com/2015/7/29/9061831/declaration-of-independence-handwritten https://www.vox.com/2015/7/29/9061831/declaration-of-indepen... So, thanks for the diversion down that particular rabbit hole, I guess.

dnautics 7y ago
> The practice [of two spaces after the period] originally came from typesetting I'm just challenging that assertion, which is commonplace, but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary, many of which you can see with your own eyes.
- CamperBob2 7y ago
  It goes back much further than the late 18th century. This is a decent summary, although a bit short on citations for my liking: https://thecontractsguy.net/2014/02/02/spacing-after-periods/ https://thecontractsguy.net/2014/02/02/spacing-after-periods... Literally centuries of typesetters and printers believed that a wider space was necessary after a period, particularly in the English-speaking world. It was the standard since at least the time that William Caslon created the first English typeface in the early 1700s (and part of a tradition that went back further), and it was not seriously questioned among English or American typesetters until the 1920s or so. Extra space after each sentence was and is a good idea, whether you're talking about handwritten documents or typeset ones. Typewritten documents arguably benefit the least from the practice. Point being, when single-space advocates say that double-spacing is obsolete and unnecessary because we don't use typewriters anymore, they are just plain wrong.
  - dnautics 7y ago
    We're agreeing.