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I recall the justification being the opposite. On the fixed-width of a typewriter, you need two spaces to add appropriate visual separation between sentences.
by BeFlatXIII 3y ago
I recall the justification being the opposite. On the fixed-width of a typewriter, you need two spaces to add appropriate visual separation between sentences. With proportional fonts and proper software (or a typsetter using hot metal), they use fractionally wider spaces between sentences than between words: it's more of a 1.5 spaces than double-spaced.
- Finnucane 3y agoIt dates to the time when typewriters were new-fangled inventions in the latter end of the 19th century. In those days, it was still common practice for typesetters to use a larger space between sentences. Typewriter users mimicked that practice. Typesetting changed in the 20th century, now it is more usual to use a normal word space. Perception or ease of use has little to do with it.