Comments on: Space or Space Space http://gregorygo.com/2009/07/space-or-space-space/ Killer Aces Media cofounder, poker player, Drupal evangelist, dude. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:13:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: greggo http://gregorygo.com/2009/07/space-or-space-space/comment-page-1/#comment-9 greggo Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:04:40 +0000 http://gregorygo.com/?p=421#comment-9 The iphone's onscreen keyboard has the period character on a different<br>screen, so you have to hit two keys to get a period. But it does have a<br>shortcut for the period -- hit the spacebar twice. It's a habit that will<br>be with me for a while. :) The iphone's onscreen keyboard has the period character on a different
screen, so you have to hit two keys to get a period. But it does have a
shortcut for the period — hit the spacebar twice. It's a habit that will
be with me for a while. :)

]]> By: Lynn Truong http://gregorygo.com/2009/07/space-or-space-space/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lynn Truong Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:19:45 +0000 http://gregorygo.com/?p=421#comment-8 Grammar Girls says that we need to move to the one space, since we're no longer in the monospace typewriter age, which was the reason to use double space in the first place. <br><br>It's a hard habit to break though. Grammar Girls says that we need to move to the one space, since we're no longer in the monospace typewriter age, which was the reason to use double space in the first place.

It's a hard habit to break though.

]]> By: Mitch http://gregorygo.com/2009/07/space-or-space-space/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Mitch Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:31:56 +0000 http://gregorygo.com/?p=421#comment-7 In 1994, I learned in a newspaper class that you only used that for monospaced fonts (typewriters) and that for variable-width-character fonts, the kerning takes the space after a period into account. I haven't looked back since and snicker and laugh at the double-spacebarers. HA HA! In 1994, I learned in a newspaper class that you only used that for monospaced fonts (typewriters) and that for variable-width-character fonts, the kerning takes the space after a period into account. I haven't looked back since and snicker and laugh at the double-spacebarers. HA HA!

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