Sentence spacing is the horizontal space between sentences in typeset text. Since the introduction of movable-type printing in Europe, various typographical conventions have been used in languages with a Latin-derived alphabet, including a normal word space (as between the words in a sentence), a single enlarged space, and two full spaces. Although modern digital fonts can automatically set up visually pleasing and consistent spacing following terminal punctuation, most debate is about whether to strike a keyboard's spacebar once or twice between sentences. Until the 20th century, publishing houses and printers in many countries used single, but enlarged, spaces between sentences. There were exceptions to this traditional spacing method—printers in some countries preferred single spacing. This was French spacing. Double spacing, or placing two spaces between sentences, then came into widespread use with the introduction of the typewriter. From around 1950, single sentence spacing became standard in books, magazines, newspapers, and webpages. Regardless, many still believe that double spaces are correct. The majority of style guides opt for a single space after terminal punctuation for final and published work.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1265:
Second Barons' War: Royal forces under Prince Edward defeated Baronial forces under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester at the Battle of Evesham near Evesham, Worcestershire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Evesham
1578:
King Sebastian I disappeared at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir near Ksar-el-Kebir, Morocco, leading to a dynastic crisis in Portugal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_of_Portugal
1704:
War of the Spanish Succession: A combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles captured Gibraltar from Spain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar
1964:
The second of two U.S. Navy destroyers was reportedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin, sparking the U.S. Congress to pass a resolution giving President Lyndon Johnson authorization for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident
1984:
Exactly a year after he came to power in the Republic of Upper Volta through a military coup, President Thomas Sankara changed its name to Burkina Faso. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
tangential (adj): 1. Referring to a tangent. 2. Merely touching, positioned as a tangent. 3. Only indirectly related http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tangential
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die. --Percy Bysshe Shelley http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley