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10 Nov Type Crimes and Misdemeanors: Stop using two spaces after a period!

Posted at 17:47h in Blog, Typography by
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Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong. And yet people who use two spaces are everywhere, their ugly error crossing every social boundary of class, education, and taste.*  You'd expect, for instance, that anyone savvy enough to read Slate would...

Source: www.slate.com

Please help me make this the last time I ever post about this and STOP using two spaces after a period. Unless you are actually typing on a real manual typewriter (god love you!), typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong! “Who says two spaces is wrong? Typographers, that’s who.” Every modern typographer agrees on the one-space rule. So please, help make the world a more beautiful reading experience and stop using two spaces.