If you are using a proportional spaced typeface (pretty well all of them,
apart from Courier) use a single space. Double-space after a period was, as
you say, specifically a typewriter technique. One of the objectives in
typography is to have the word spacing as consistent as possible -- using
double spaces interferes with that and (marginally) reduces readability.


"Marc Carignan" Marc wrote in message
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I cannot seem to find this stylistic and syntactic answer. Historically,
two
spaces were recommended for use with typewriters, following each period
prior
to the start of the next sentence. However, using word processing apps
like
Word, a single space performs more appropriately when wrapping, as the
second
space gets pushed to the next line, causing the next line (the start of a
new
sentence within a paragraph that happens to start on a new line) to start
with a space -- causing paragraph misalignment (although only slightly).

It seems that one space between sentences is now recommended, but cannot
verify this anywhere? Can anyone provide the definitive answer here?