Everyone's An Artist: Spaces

One or two spaces at the end of a sentence?

Ever so long ago in the typewriter era, every good typist knew to put two spaces after a sentence. With computer typesetting, you only need one space at the end of a sentence. Here's why:

Typewriters used what is called monospace characters. Meaning each character took up the same amount of space. Computers use variable space characters. Each letter's space is determined by the width of the character.

The only time you need two spaces at the end of a sentence when typing on a computer is when you use a monospaced font such as "Courier." 

Your printed materials will look more professional with only one space at the end of your sentences when using a variable space font.

"Everyone's An Artist" is a series of helpful hints for office workers who are thrust into producing graphics simply because the computer makes it possible to do so.

-KH