From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Aug 29 10:49:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17310 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:49:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17289 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:49:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (wes@zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17164; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:54:41 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <35E83F10.1F1B5AF9@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 11:49:04 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Anatoly Vorobey CC: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: American English typography (no longer: make.conf) References: <199808290058.RAA20957@apollo.backplane.com> <19980829123759.B29560@keltia.freenix.fr> <19980829141614.09323@techunix.technion.ac.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > > Traditionally, an inter-sentence space was larger in English typography > than an inter-word space, but not necessarily twice as large; however, > with typewriters (which were universal > before computers were invented ;)) this could only be achieved by putting > _two_ spaces after a period. Nowadays it seems to be not as universal > as Tim wants to put it ;) This used to be explicitly required by the standard reference for typed papers in the USA, the "Chicago Manual of Style." I cannot find my copy -- I haven't used it in 15 years -- and my "Harbrace College Handbook, 8th edition" does not address typography explicitly. Each of the example typewritten papers do use two spaces following each sentence, however. When using proportional fonts, the correct typography is to use an n-space between words and an m-space between sentences, IIRC. I think MS-Word does this automagically; if you type a second space following a period, it removes it. I hate it when my computer thinks it is smarter than me! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message