Re: End-of-sentence spacing

[Clarke Echols]

I've been using a simple solution successfully for years.

In my own macros I wrote and use, I include the troff/groff provision 
for specifying the end-of-sentence ratio
as follows:   " .ss 12 20"

End-of-sentence identified by two space characters creates a space equal 
to normal space times 1.66.

That way it's easy to see the end-of-space when reading typeset copy 
which is much better for me than
the more commonly used single space the book publication that supposedly 
saves publishers a few pages
by recovering the "wasted" white space.

I ignore the problem and just put a double space at the end of each 
sentence automatically as I type copy,
and I've been doing that since I learned to type in high school my 
senior year back in 1960.

On 12/19/20 3:35 AM, Ulrich Lauther wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 10:27:01AM +0000, Dorai Sitaram wrote:
> > groff pretty much forces one to use two spaces after sentence-ending 
> > punctuation, unless it's at the end of a source line.
> In my opinion it is good style to start every sentence on a new source line.
> This is helpful for editing the text.
>
> Best,
>
>          ulrich

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