Single or Double Space?
Meryl pointed out a discussion on the Typophile Forums about double-spacing after periods origins and whether or not we should be doing it.
Its such a habit for me to put double spaces in after a sentence. I can’t seem to stop. When I learned to type, that was *THE* way to do it. Of course, when my posts are published on MT, the extra space gets condensed because multiple spaces don’t show up in webpages unless they are turned into tags. But still, I do it. 
Comments
I still do it too. It bugs me when people only put one space in.
Posted by: Kymberlie R. McGuire | March 29, 2004 02:55 AM
I do it as well. It just looks too crowded when just one space is there!
Posted by: Lynda | March 29, 2004 04:34 AM
I do it too, even though I know thot browsers will reduce it to one space. Mainly, I do it to stay in the habit - I do a lot of writing in non-web formats, and greatly prefer the extra space as a visual cue between sentences.
I wonder if it’s possible to write a Mozilla plugin to make the rendering engine honor double-spaces... Hmm...
- B
Posted by: Brad | March 29, 2004 08:03 AM
Not me! I went to one space as soon as it was ok to do. I’m all about not typing two spaces when one will do just fine.
Posted by: Lisa | March 29, 2004 07:26 PM
I always double space. It’s too hard to read otherwise. However, the Chicago Guide of Style says that you should single space after a period. That just seems wrong to me. I refuse to change! ;)
Posted by: Christine | March 29, 2004 10:44 PM