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Whether I 2-space or not, the more important thing is, I would never try to tell you what to do over something so trivial. Whichever way I prefer to write, or
by Brian_K_White 4y ago
Whether I 2-space or not, the more important thing is, I would never try to tell you what to do over something so trivial.
Whichever way I prefer to write, or read, it doesn't make enough difference as a reader to justify even mentioning it, let alone screeding about it.
Anyone writing, complaining, even merely picking a side out loud and trying to defend one side in forums like this, are all automatically wrong because of that, regardless which side, regardless what their arguments are.
The far worse crime than being in the wrong about double spacing, is feeling that you even have any valid place trying to dictate something like that to anyone else.
It's not like the Oxford Comma. ;)
- knaik94 4y agoI don't agree with the tone of the original article but I do think we should discuss our preferences. There's nothing wrong with having an opinion on it. There's a difference between opinionated suggestions and arrogant mandates. This forum does a good job avoiding arrogant mandates.
- pestatije 4y agoRight, tabs vs spaces anyone? Indentation or braces? Bring it to the max and you'll see people ready to kill for a line in a map.
- KolenCh 4y agoI really hate this kind of "I don't care" logic floating among hackers or even just scientists. If I'm to argue, I'd start by pointing out the amount of space is not an integer. So arguing 1 or 2 is already wrong. Kerning of the font take cares about the spacing you have there. So the advice of using 1 space is really that it is understood that you have a single space after period, and the designer take that expectation into the kerning decision. The bottom line to me is that if you can't publish a book via a "traditional" publisher using that typographical decision then it is very likely to be wrong. Argue all you want about why you don't care about that. But for many people that reflects on the care/effort you put into your work, and likely I shouldn't care about work like this. The other thing I hate much is the trivialization, which is related to the "I don't care" culture. From my experience, many things are trivial at first glance. But it is likely wrong. Most things are very complicated with a lot of subtleties involved. Seeing them as trivial is often a sign that they really don't understand the subject very well.