6 Nov
2020
6 Nov
'20
10:22 p.m.
Exactly -- just re-read Will's question. 2 spaces after punctuation is a
fix-size typeface solution to the 1.5 typographer layout.
I was referring to why typed papers were traditionally double spaced
between the lines.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:02 AM Chris Torek <torek(a)elf.torek.net> wrote:
I use single
spaces between sentences, but my ancestors
used 2... who knows why? :).
Typewriters.
In typesetting, especially when doing right-margin justification,
we have "stretchy spaces" between words. The space after end-of-
sentence punctuation marks is supposed to be about 50% larger than
the width of the between-words spaces, and if the word spaces get
stretched, so should the end-of-sentence space. Note that this is
all in the variable-pitch font world.
Since typewriters are fixed-pitch, the way to emulate the
1.5-space-wide gap is to expand it to 2.
Chris
7 Nov
7 Nov
12:12 a.m.
New subject: [TUHS] The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature
I was referring to why typed papers were traditionally
double spaced
between the lines.
(this seems to have moved to coff@, which I think I am not on)
Ah, the traditional reason for doubling the "leading" (not that
there's any actual chemical-element-Pb lead in typewriting) is
for copy-editing purposes.
I'm not sure if traditional typesetting drafts had increased
leading like this.
Chris
8:52 a.m.
New subject: [TUHS] The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature
On 11/06/20 11:22, Clem Cole wrote:
Exactly -- just re-read Will's question. 2
spaces after punctuation
is a fix-size typeface solution to the 1.5 typographer layout.
Is it not an m-space
after a full-stop? (Though Brinhurst eschewed this
in the fourth edition.)
I was referring to why typed papers were traditionally
double spaced
between the lines.
I was advised to this with drafts for copy-editing but legal
documents
are always double-spaced lines (and I know not why).
N.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:02 AM Chris Torek
<torek(a)elf.torek.net
<mailto:torek@elf.torek.net>> wrote:
I use single spaces between sentences, but my
ancestors
used 2... who knows why? :).
Typewriters.
In typesetting, especially when doing right-margin justification,
we have "stretchy spaces" between words. The space after end-of-
sentence punctuation marks is supposed to be about 50% larger than
the width of the between-words spaces, and if the word spaces get
stretched, so should the end-of-sentence space. Note that this is
all in the variable-pitch font world.
Since typewriters are fixed-pitch, the way to emulate the
1.5-space-wide gap is to expand it to 2.
Chris
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