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Saturday, March 27th, 2004 at 8:40 AM | 1 commentTypophile Forums discuss the double-spacing after periods origins and whether or not we should be doing it. I don’t. It is an outdated practice. As important as it is to use short paragraphs in online writing, double-spacing between sentences breaks them up too much and the space sticks out.
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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…
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