Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period

October 23, 2012 Tagged: Typography spaces design Comments (View) Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period I have lots of typographic pet peeves. Lots. But the biggest one is when people put two spaces after a period. It leaves me looking like this: Every well-designed typeface already includes extra space for the first space after the period. This gives the reader just enough breathing room to recognize that this is the end of a thought. When you add two spaces after the period you are breaking the reader’s flow. Now, you might be thinking ‘Why was I taught to do this in grade school?’. That’s the remnants of the days when we were typing on typewriters. The monospace fonts used in typewriters couldn’t accommodate for the extra space needed at the end of a sentence, so to make that break obvious people were taught to add two spaces. This became obsolete once ...

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@yeban » 10 Nov '12, 2pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link] /cc @artagnon
@bjeanes » 24 Oct '12, 2pm
“Stop putting two spaces after a period” [link] So much agree.
@schrader » 24 Oct '12, 9am
RT @cs2s: Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link]
@jevring » 24 Oct '12, 6am
I got shit for telling my teachers this in school. Well, fuck them [link]
@gilesgoatboy » 24 Oct '12, 6am
THIS [link]
@DylanBalkind » 23 Oct '12, 6pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link] via @zite #Copywriting
@mdenomy » 23 Oct '12, 4pm
Makes sense but a hard habit to break. See.RT @thoughtbot: Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period. [link]
@mazpinkmusic » 23 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @scottm: Best (and most unexpected) use of a #DoctorWho GIF I've seen in a while: [link]
@scottm » 23 Oct '12, 4pm
Best (and most unexpected) use of a #DoctorWho GIF I've seen in a while: [link]
@kalv » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link] -> @chrisroos I might've learnt a bad habit from ya
@21x9 » 23 Oct '12, 3pm
@pixel That thing where you see a GIF in one place and then it appears everywhere. [link]
@adamwalter » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
Stop putting two spaces after a period. A public service announcement: [link]
@DustMason » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period thanks! [link]
@nybblr » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
“@thoughtbot: Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period. [link]” I just had a fit about this yesterday =)
@stevehickeydsgn » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
@kylefiedler and a crying David Tennant in the rain want you to stop using two spaces after periods: [link]
@machine906 » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
Amen! RT @thoughtbot Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period. [link]
@_honza » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
LOL [link] // cc @stevelosh
@vafarmboy » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @jyurek: I'm sure a lot of people disagree with this, but I don't care: [link]
@jyurek » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
I'm sure a lot of people disagree with this, but I don't care: [link]
@jayroh » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
I take pride in that this - [link] - is because I irritated @kylefiedler. #guilty #mybad
@elandesign » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
This x 1000. [link] - bugs the shit out of me.
@rwpwll » 23 Oct '12, 12pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link] I have no idea how my generation picked up this habit.
@ischroedi » 23 Oct '12, 12pm
thoughtbot news: Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period: I have lots of typ... [link] [link]
@thoughtbot » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period. [link]
@planetonrails » 23 Oct '12, 1pm
Typography PSA: Stop putting two spaces after a period [link]