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  2. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    The Style manual for authors, editors and printers (6th edn, 2002), [14] sponsored by the Australian Government, stipulates that only one space is used after "sentence-closing punctuation", and that "Programs for word processing and desktop publishing offer more sophisticated, variable spacing, so this practice of double spacing is now avoided ...

  3. Sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    Sentence spacing concerns how spaces are inserted between sentences in typeset text and is a matter of typographical convention. [1] Since the introduction of movable-type printing in Europe, various sentence spacing conventions have been used in languages with a Latin alphabet. [2]

  4. History of sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    Here are some definitions of French spacing: "Additional space at the ends of sentences is called 'French Spacing.' It is a very old practice, having been commonplace in books up through the 19th century" [7] "Adding two spaces after a period is called French spacing. French spacing was quite common in books before the 19th century.

  5. Space (punctuation) - Wikipedia

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    The International System of Units (SI) prescribes inserting a space between a number and a unit of measurement (the space being regarded as an implied multiplication sign) but never between a prefix and a base unit; a space (or a multiplication dot) should also be used between units in compound units. [23] 5.0 cm, not 5.0cm or 5.0 c m or 5.0 cms

  6. Letter spacing - Wikipedia

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    Letter spacing may also refer to the insertion of fixed spaces, as was commonly done in hand-set metal type to achieve letter spacing. Fixed spaces vary by size and include hair spaces, thin spaces, word spaces, en-spaces, and em-spaces. An en-space is equal to half the current point size, and an em-space is the same width as the current point ...

  7. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    Since there is no added white space built into a typical full stop (period), other than that above the full stop itself, full stops contribute to the river effect in a limited way. At one time, common word-processing software adjusted only the spacing between words, which was a source of the river problem.

  8. Word spacing - Wikipedia

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    It is hard to determine how much spacing should be put in between words, but a good typographer is able to determine proper spacing. [3] When text and spacing are consistent, this makes it easier to read. [3] Geoffrey Dowding describes the nature of spacing since the invention of printing from moveable type in the fifteenth century.

  9. Sentence spacing in digital media - Wikipedia

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    Sentence spacing in digital media concerns the horizontal width of the space between sentences in computer- and web-based media. Digital media allow sentence spacing variations not possible with the typewriter. Most digital fonts permit the use of a variable space or a no-break space. [1]