Two spaces vs. one space?

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by agzg

Well even though we learned to type on computers in my school, they still weren't readily accessible (there was not a computer in every home, in fact, most people only ever saw a computer in the library or in the school when they were teaching us to type), so I think they tought us the old typists' rules rather than the new, especially if the "new" was still being worked out.

I'm still in shock that it's been 20 years (really 22) since I took keyboarding in 9th grade! I'm getting old!

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I'm still in shock that it's been 20 years (really 22) since I took keyboarding in 9th grade! I'm getting old!

16 going on 17 for me but that's because we started in the 4th grade (at least the school got that right - kids need to learn to type earlier and earlier). They just weren't around a lot because I'm from a really backwards (at least economically) area that didn't get broadband internet until 2000. There are still towns in my area that don't have access to broadband internet.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by agzg

16 going on 17 for me but that's because we started in the 4th grade (at least the school got that right - kids need to learn to type earlier and earlier). They just weren't around a lot because I'm from a really backwards (at least economically) area that didn't get broadband internet until 2000. There are still towns in my area that don't have access to broadband internet.

My middle school was a very small, private, Christian school. I have no idea where they got the manual typewriters that we were taught on, but I did take typing in the 8th grade. Even with no letters on the keys, my teacher would tape a piece of paper over my hands so I could look at my fingers on the keys. People are amazed at how well I type. My poor sister never took typing...she is the classic hunt and peck style typist. Pitiful!

[honeychile]

My typing teacher was also my home room teacher. She was forever telling college bound students that most of the teachers agreed that typing was the one high school class they appreciated the most.


PS: FWIW, she was a ChiO.

[ComradesTrue]

I have always used two spaces, as that is just how I was taught in high school. Even though I still read a (gasp!) print newspaper everyday, I had never even noticed that the entire world had moved on and left me behind with my typewritter era style. I saw this article earlier this week and have been trying to adjust to just one space, but the motor memory that my fingers have has been slow to adjust.

A friend, who also is a 2-spacer, noted that facebook automatically fixes the space issue- it converts everything to one space no matter how you type it. The iPhone, however, automatically adds a period if you space twice.

[aephi alum]

I learned to type on a computer, but I was taught that you put two spaces after a period. Now it's ingrained in me - one space just looks wrong. Like honeychile, I'll be using two spaces until the day I die, no matter what some asshat who writes for Slate says.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

It was the opposite with me. Proportional spacing made the space too wide with two spaces after the period. This is what made me second guess the second space. My reports just looked weird with two spaces between each sentence.

I realize I should have been more specific. I tend (for work at least) to use full justification rather than left margin justification. It's the combination of full justification and proporational spacing that can push the sentences too close together if there's only one space.

[Still BLUTANG]

i have a friend who uses spaces before punctuation. it drives me BONKERS. what is that about?