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Nice article and nice use of primary sources. The convention was: put wider spaces than word spaces after punctuation, and put an extra-wide space after a peri
by pradocchia 13y ago
Nice article and nice use of primary sources.
The convention was: put wider spaces than word spaces after punctuation, and put an extra-wide space after a period.
I will try this for two weeks: three spaces after the period; two after the comma, semi-colon and friends. Already, I note a difference. Already do I seek alternate syntax to regulate spacing.
- Groxx 13y agoSorry if my brain is just tired and not parsing correctly, but I'm confused about this: >Already do I seek alternate syntax to regulate spacing. Do you mean you want an easier way to create such 1,2,3 spaces, or that it makes you want 1-space-only more than before?
- pradocchia 13y agoIt means, when I add two spaces after a comma, I have increased its visual strength and thus I may choose alternate syntax where I don't want a strong break. eg, "already, I have" -> "already have I". The latter form does feel more old fashioned. Perhaps writers of yesteryear experienced the same effect.