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100% arbitrary? He cites plenty of sources in the article.

• sp332 14y ago
  Sources like "I asked people what they considered to be the "correct" number of spaces between sentences... Everyone—everyone!—said it was proper to use two spaces." or "some typesetters would end sentences with a double space, others would use a single space, and a few renegades would use three or four spaces." or "on a typewriter, an extra space after a sentence makes text easier to read." or "Typographers can point to no studies or any other evidence proving that single spaces improve readability. When you press them on it, they tend to cite their aesthetic sensibilities." or "Is this arbitrary? Sure it is." Those sources?