#twospaces — Public Fediverse posts

Oh, no! Someone wanted to keep "one space vs two spaces after a period" alive.

In a 2018 study... Evidently, people read faster with two spaces after a period.

NOTE: The APA changed to "one space" in 2019.

And I'm still trying to break that deeply ingrained habit from high-school typing.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-018-1527-6

#StyleGuide #Readability #Debate #TwoSpaces

@mpirnat Scientific Proof that two spaces after a period is the way! https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13414-018-1527-6

#TwoSpaces #2spaces #typography

I guess it's time for an #Introduction again.

I like #gamemastering #Pathfinder1e #TTRPG.

I like #FountainPens and looped #cursive. I have a few "entry-level" fountain pens.

I like #MiniaturePainting.

I like #writing fiction sometimes.

I like corded telephones. I own a red Cortelco Kellogg 2500 Desk Telephone.

I recently switched to #Linux (#LinuxMint) from Windows10.

I like #vampires, #werewolves, #fae (#fey), #SpookyStuff, and #Halloween.

#OxfordComma & #TwoSpaces

"Where no question of good taste or good logic is involved, deference should be shown to the expressed wishes of the author."

I wonder if this will convince the folks who edit my work writing to stop replacing two spaces after a period with this infernal one space nonsense.

https://www.reproof.app/blog/original-chicago-manual-of-style

#grammar #curmudgeon #style #TwoSpaces

I learned to type on a manual typewriter, but had a Smith-Corona light-blue electric typewriter I wrote my first novella on back in the mid-70s. (Gee, I have to rewrite that story and publish it!) My agent instructed me how to format manuscripts.

Following end-of-sentence punctuation, I was told to type two blanks. Tap tap. You had a monospace font (Courier), so this differentiated between attribution of one blank to make it easier for the typesetter, I presume.

Attribution or statement below? Two blanks makes that obvious, one blank doesn't and you must rely on context.

"Halt. right there!" Agent Arrow held up a hand.

I am throwing in the towel. Done. Ring the bell. Stick a fork in it. Everyone hates me, so I'm going to fold. One blank always. I get it already! Web formatting HTML that always eats additional spaces wins the round.

Muscle memory of hitting the space bar twice is hard to retrain! I'm doing it. 100K words is good practice for that.

Am I the only one who's experienced this? Are there other hold-outs?

#writingcommunity #writing #writinglife #twospaces #webformat

@malanalysis I learned it in the late 90's in Visual Basic class, I think in Jr. High (MI-US). Although my teacher was old enough to have also taught shop to my dad. I never did kick that habit.. #twospaces gang

Oh, it's a hidden feature on the android keyboard too 🫡