[mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
- From: "Camille Carboneau" <camille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:03:15 -0600
The distinction I was trying to make was we now have technology on a desktop
computer that allows for 'typsetting.' "We" should take advantage of it, but
most people are uneducated in typography. They are taught how to type on a
computer, but I think the educators lack the education as well. That is why
there are those of us who are in Electronic Publication as a business that
do try to 'tactful' educate. It doesn't mean there should be a news alert on
CNN, but if you want knock your sock off articles (and might I add
Professional Resumes, since I am a Certified Professional Resume Writer and
a Certified Federal Resume Writer/Coach) to not only sound outstanding on
paper, but look exceptional on paper.
One of the goals of a 'typesetter' is to capture the readers attention, and
keep it. Think about a newspaper. Do you read it from front to back--every
single article. Probably not. You read the headings then read the articles
that interest you. Speaking of which there are "rules" about the right
justification. It is ok if the column is 1-1.5" wide, but NEVER a 6.5"
column... =) Ask anyone that has taken a speedreading course or has to read
for a living... No right justification. The eye needs the white space in
order to keep 'your' place while reading. =)
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Anne Robson
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:32 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
You've made the distinction Camille - if we are talking typesetting - or the
electronic equivalents of that (ie desktop publishing, web design etc) then
it's always been one space. Commercial correspondence - back to the old
manual typewriter scenario which I certainly learnt on - is a different
context. Most of my work goes out on paper, so 2 spaces, it's hard to break
the habit when I'm typing for emails or website creation.
Interestingly my company - which still insists on 2 spaces - also insists on
right-justified text (and Times New Roman would you believe) on letters
which I feel the reader will find less easy to read than left-aligned text.
I know there's been a lot of research done in relation to children with
dyslexia finding it easier to read accurately from a screen rather than
paper, but that is almost definitely OT here!
Anne
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Camille Carboneau
Sent: 09 August 2006 07:18
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
FWIW, I agree with Dian. Same background, learned on a manual when there
were only two fonts--elite and courier. I started my 'typesetting' on
nuclear standard operating procedures...And as Dian said, that for me was
more than 15 years ago... The reason being was that typography equipment
'allowed' coding to make spacing and 'fonts' scaleable or typeset... Gosh...
Now that I think of it, I can still recall typsetting equipment codes... No
wonder my brain is full...
I have to explain the two spaces to one, almost daily now. And the way I
explain it is this... We have technology that allows us to have scaleable
fonts. It used to be that to get "Milk" typed on a typewriter, it took the
same amout of space, although the i and l are skinnier, the M and k are a
bit wider. Now, with scaleable fonts, the 'letter' or font decides how much
space it needs to take up.
Scaleable fonts actually help the reader's eye to follow the words across
the column...and yes, there is more to that as well... When and when not to
use a san serif font vs. a serif font...another explanation for later...
Elite and Courier on a typewriter are monospaced fonts. Mono meaning one,
and it is the same if it is a W or an l.
With that said, the 'space' after a period, follows the same 'font' spacing
as the letters and obviously does not take up as much space as a W, M, or K.
However, it does take up 'space.' And, now that we have "typesetting" built
in to Word and most of our printers these days (meaning those that will
print scaleable fonts), we "should" follow typesetting rules... Only they
sort of left out that class... We went straight to typesetting... =))
Hope that helps make sense of the period space space, that should now be
period space for the most part. =)
Camille
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