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Message: [QUOTE="Sifaka, post: 5294152, member: 8516"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]xx[/COLOR]Having argued the spacing following a period/full stop with one of my offsprung, (he advocates for a single space, I favor an elongated blank.) I waded through all of the CMOS Q&A. I lost some respect for the otherwise worthy Chicago Manual. [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]xx[/COLOR]Their reasoning for adopting a single space standard has two pillars: (1) everybody does it, and (2) it's harder to proofread to a double space standard. [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]xx[/COLOR]While those are reasonable concerns, they absolutely omit aesthetic considerations and fudge on the matter of legibility. The latter two considerations matter more to me than the first two, but I am a collector of “old” books and a former typographer and current reader of paper bound into binders' boards. [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]cx[/COLOR]Just as with the so-called “[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]rules[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]“ of grammar that are not rules, these are simply stylistic preferences. To call a preference right or wrong is an act of supreme arrogance, akin to declaring that all religions other than one's own are wrong.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)]xx[I][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][SIZE=3]Edited to add: Should you wish to join my antediluvian style brigade, and place two ems before the initial word of a paragraph, (1) display the color palette, (2) choose white, (3) typle any two characters at random, (4) revert color to black.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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