Spacing between sentences

[TerrorDæmonum]

I only can type in Hanzi (Chinese) and there is no space between words. The two space convention does not make sense without single spacing between words on a monospace typeface.

I imagine Kanji is similar enough to Hanzi in this regard.

[Irenaeus G. Saintonge]

For English, one space.
Two spacing is a relic of typewriters and earlier periods of typesetting, and is completely obsolete with the ubiquity of variable spaced fonts. Essentially all professional typesetters, style experts, and editors disdain the two spacing with a variable spaced font.

[Lateran]

Troubling! Ten people in error on the poll.

Clearly Rule #1 has been violated  :cry:

[Vetus Ordo]

Onish.

[maryslittlegarden]

For English, one space.
Two spacing is a relic of typewriters and earlier periods of typesetting, and is completely obsolete with the ubiquity of variable spaced fonts. Essentially all professional typesetters, style experts, and editors disdain the two spacing with a variable spaced font.

Someone needs to tell this to those of us who are over 45. 

[Irenaeus G. Saintonge]

For English, one space.
Two spacing is a relic of typewriters and earlier periods of typesetting, and is completely obsolete with the ubiquity of variable spaced fonts. Essentially all professional typesetters, style experts, and editors disdain the two spacing with a variable spaced font.

Someone needs to tell this to those of us who are over 45.

I understand that many people learned it the old way, and that the habit may be too hard to break.
It is still wrong though.

[TerrorDæmonum]

For English, one space.
Two spacing is a relic of typewriters and earlier periods of typesetting, and is completely obsolete with the ubiquity of variable spaced fonts. Essentially all professional typesetters, style experts, and editors disdain the two spacing with a variable spaced font.

Someone needs to tell this to those of us who are over 45.

"Correct style with unanimous support from all in the field professional and academic, prescribe one space between sentences."

[OCLittleFlower]

For English, one space.
Two spacing is a relic of typewriters and earlier periods of typesetting, and is completely obsolete with the ubiquity of variable spaced fonts. Essentially all professional typesetters, style experts, and editors disdain the two spacing with a variable spaced font.

Someone needs to tell this to those of us who are over 45.

And those of us who had teachers who learned on typewriters and then taught us to use computers.  I'm 24 and was taught two spaces in three schools and two colleges.  Including a college level typography class, where the textbook stated that san-serif fonts are hard to read for large blocks of text, yet all the text was in a san-serif font.  If we change anything type-wise around here, we should switch to a serif font.   

[Kaesekopf]

Oh man this is a sans-serif font.

All of a sudden I am less-pleased.

[OCLittleFlower]

Oh man this is a sans-serif font.

All of a sudden I am less-pleased.

It's been bugging me all along.  I DETEST san-serif though.  So modernist.   :tongue:

[TerrorDæmonum]

Sans serif typefaces are better for computer displays. All web content should be sans serif.

However, typefaces are something one can set in one's browser. That is a matter of style.

If one wants serif typefaces, that is easy to set for oneself.

[Irenaeus G. Saintonge]

Sans serif typefaces are better for computer displays. All web content should be sans serif.

However, typefaces are something one can set in one's browser. That is a matter of style.

If one wants serif typefaces, that is easy to set for oneself.

This is correct. Sans-serif for stuff meant to be read on a computer screen. Serif if you are going to print it out.

[OCLittleFlower]

I'm still slow to read san serif on a screen, especially huge blocks of it.  So ugly.

[Irenaeus G. Saintonge]

I'm still slow to read san serif on a screen, especially huge blocks of it.  So ugly.

Research indicates that, on computer screens, you have to work harder to read a serif font. Even if you are not aware of it.
That is true about a lot of aspects of typesetting and webpage layouts. 99% of it goes completely unnoticed.

[OCLittleFlower]

I'm still slow to read san serif on a screen, especially huge blocks of it.  So ugly.

Research indicates that, on computer screens, you have to work harder to read a serif font. Even if you are not aware of it.
That is true about a lot of aspects of typesetting and webpage layouts. 99% of it goes completely unnoticed.

I'm very trained to serif fonts I guess, prob because I've done so much paper reading -- and because serif is standard manuscript and essay format, so all my proof-reading (both in my school days and now as a writer) is serif.  I always miss typos in san serif fonts, both mine and other peoples.