Today, in typologoly

[thebitterguy]

After wading through yet another attack of commentologically transmitted stupidity, I found myself wondering about a question. And, since I'm paying to be able to make polls, I thought I would.

Poll Tell me! How many spaces after a period?

Comments

[pyat]

Trained as 2, but that was in the Olden Days. Doesn't matter much anymore.

[athelind]

I use one space when I'm using a proportional font, and two spaces when using a monospaced font.

Yes, I learned to type on an IBM Selectric in 1980, but I also assimilated the books The PC/Mac is Not a Typewriter ten years later.

Yes, if I compose something for one format and then convert it to the other, I will go through and correct the spacing -- unless it's for HTML, which ignores multiple spaces between words.

[madmanofprague]

Two spaces? What the fuck is that shit.

[thebitterguy]

GAH MY LAWN GEDDOFF!

[madmanofprague]

If it was two spaces instead of a period, I might understand. But you already have what is essentially a super-space, followed by a space. A superspace followed by two spaces? That's madness.

[tfbretz]

I'm another one who was taught two spaces on typewriters and never broke the habit.

[bobmungovan]

One more for the "learned with two, have switched to one" camp.