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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Typesetting formats...
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Date: 4 Feb 90 23:38:59 GMT
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shahn@hstbme.mit.edu (Samuel Hahn) writes:
>Back in the old typewriter days, TWO spaces after a period was the standard.
>Now, however, it seems like people are using only ONE space.

>Which is correct?

The quick and dirty rule of thumb would be to use two spaces with a
monospace font and one spave with a proportional (typeset) font (assuming a
laser printer or better -- for dot-matrix, you probably want to use two
spaces all the time).

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