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

On 8/16/13 6:28 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> 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?

Isn't part of this discussion the width of the space between sentences? 
 It's sometimes hard to determine that in printed matter.  But I find 
that a regular space between sentences makes reading harder, but too 
much space causes me to pause.  So there must be a general happy medium 
here, which I always thought was the em-space.

> 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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