Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting

Hi :)
I think it is clear that James is not alone on this issue.  It depends on who you mean by experts 
too.  Professors are hardly noobs with regard to the written language.  So it seems opinion is 
divided.  I think we need to agree that we disagree and that disagreement is relatively harmless.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013, 1:28
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Can't find setting
>
>
> On 08/16/2013 10:50 AM, James Knott wrote:
> > Brian Barker wrote:
> > > I would suggest that two spaces are probably useful with fixed-pitch
> > > text as on a typewriter
> > A wider space between sentences is useful, no matter how the text is
> > created.  It clearly defines the beginning and end of a sentence and is
> > easier on the eyes.
> James,
>
> I think the typographic experts would say that the extra space results 
> in a visual pause after each sentence. Reading is intended to be a 
> smooth flow, which is facilitated with single spaces after sentences. 
> Just curious, since nearly every professionally published book since the 
> mid-1900s has had one space after sentence ending punctuation, do you 
> find reading books difficult?
>
> I fully appreciate your preference, but it seems to be in the distinct 
> minority as far as what the experts believe is the best practice.
>
> Virgil
>
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