[ SECRET POST #2706 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2706 ⌋

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Comments

[a_potato]

If you don't mind me asking, just so we can get a read on the state of the convention (because I find this fascinating)...how old are you? I'm 28, and was taught to use two spaces 18 or 19 years ago.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

I was taught to use two spaces as a kid (never used a typewriter, but my family was an early adopter of the home PC). Some time in junior high - anytime between late 1992 and early 1994 - I was sitting in the computer lab one day and noticed a poster of "rules" for typing on a computer. One of them was "Only use one space after the end of a sentence." I thought, "Sure, why not? Why do we use two spaces, anyway?" (I didn't understand the difference between monospaced and proportional fonts.) I used one space only from there on.

I can't stand the look of double spacing, now. I used to have a co-worker who insisted on using double spacing and when I would have to edit some of his text into a larger report, I insisted on going through and eliminating all the extra spaces while quietly raging.

[a_potato]

See, that's really interesting, because I was being taught to double space circa '95, '96.

Perhaps it was a slow fade.

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps it was a slow fade.

No doubt. My co-worker was still insisting on using double spaces ca. 2011.

I think it took a long time for more people to hear of the new rule (it's not like there was some kind of official announcement on the evening news) and even when they did, they often clung to the old rule because it was too hard to un-learn it, or because they didn't understand the reason for switching to only one space (i.e. auto-kerned proportional fonts - assuming you're using a proportion font - render two spaces unnecessary). There's probably a lot of people who still use two spaces out of habit and just haven't ever run into a situation where this went against official formatting rules they had to follow, say to submit a manuscript to a publisher or an article to a journal.

[(Anonymous)]

They were still teaching it in my high school in '96. I didn't even hear it was "wrong" until a couple of years ago. I still prefer it, because I find it easier to read.

[(Anonymous)]

This is the first I'm hearing of it actually. I'm 38. I thought two spaces was still considered correct.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, me too. We're only supposed to use one space now? I-I don't know if I can do that.

[(Anonymous)]

I suppose that rule had something to do with typewriters and fonts back in the day, reasons that probably don't apply now at all. Personally I'd be quite fine with your two spaces to my one. It's the people who insist on NO spaces and then refuse to change it because "That's how I like it" that I can't stand.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - I'm 37 and I was taught the same. I still do it automatically, but these days most software reformats it to one space. I prefer two, to be honest. It just feels easier on the eyes.

[misty_anon]

I've no idea if you'll see this, but I'm in my forties and British (if that makes a difference). I was taught the two space rule in my typing class which was over 30 years ago. The son of a friend of mine went through university 10 or so years ago, and I remember my friend commenting that his professor had stipulated that either one or two spaces was acceptable as long as you were consistent.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I'm an American in my late 30s and not only was I taught to put two spaces, it's has always been the standard at every company where I have worked. I was shocked when I went back to school two years ago and they required a single space.