atw: Re: Old habits
- From: "Bob Trussler" <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:08:26 +1100
Peter,
I agree,
The problem is now that Word makes a mess of fully justified text.
And one solution is to make the inter-sentence spaces larger to counter the
intra-sentences spaces.
Bob T
2008/10/31 Peter Martin <peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> David Petersen:
> You should know that someone using your name wrote:
> > I came across this via the MVPS site, at:
> > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/rules_onespace/index.html
> >
> > The principle seems to be - use one space between sentences when using
> proportional
> > fonts.
> >
>
> Hmm. It starts off sounding relevant, and then, for me, fades into
> irrelevance. Now, I'm one for simple language, but an assertion that two
> spaces at the end of a sentence in proportional font makes the text "look
> too chopped up" seems a bit short on precision, and doesn't match with my
> experience in looking at proportional font text. (And/or my idea of what
> "chopped up" is supposed to be.)
>
> And then the example of justified text (as displayed in my browser),
> already acquires some filler spacing results in inter-word spacing +within+
> the sentences in excess of that which would be the case with two spaces in
> non-justified text. So the alleged "problem" here does seem to have more to
> do with justification within each line than with inter-sentence space usage.
>
>
> -Peter M
> peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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