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Since ordinary spaces have variable widths in justified text and may even vary in width from one font to another, I doubt your "For people that care about typography in their writing" claim has much relevance. Even the non-breaking space has been given a variable-width behaviour in Word 2013 & later. Double-spaces between sentences are a legacy of the days of typewriters and fixed-width fonts.
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<I doubt your "For people that care about typography in their writing" claim has much relevance.>
An reply that carries some arrogance. Your are technically correct about mono spaced fonts. People who write using Times Roman probably don't care. However, a reasonable view held by many is that a period is a full stop, a pause to complete a thought. Writing that requires reading comprehension above the 9th grade level is enhanced by two spaces. Some courts still specify it. The Unites States Dept. of Justice Solicitor General Style guide, published only within the last coupe of years, as I recall, suggests a variable font and an em space after a period. Extra space after a period is still very relevant. - Cheers |
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The 2014 version of the Solicitor General's Style Guide makes no mention of use of an em space or two spaces. That guide is still set for use of monospaced fonts. http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/osg/legacy/2014/04/21/osg-citation-manual-2014.pdf. Like underlining instead of use of Italics, the extra space after some punctuation is a holdover from use of typewriters. I never use underlining when citing cases or authorities, I use Italics. Note, you will want to also search and replace for spaces following colons and question marks. |
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