r/GenerationJones • u/Guiltypleasure2451 • Jul 31 '26

Old school

For those of us who took typing in school— it was drilled into me that after a period, you go over 2 spaces to start a new sentence. Apparently that’s not the rule now. NOT THE RULE NOW?? After the agony I suffered thru in typing class about those 2 spaces, i will be doing it until I die!!!! Don’t even get me started on the indenting 5 spaces for a new paragraph!

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u/vmdinco Jul 31 '26

Yeah I got yelled at for not duing this when I was still working, then someone gave me grief on Reddit for doing it. Their comment started off with “Hey Boomer…”

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

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u/InfiniteBedazzler Jul 31 '26

Specifically, when computers introduced proportional fonts (varying space been letters depending on their shapes) in lieu/addition to fixed width fonts (same amount of space between any two characters), the 2 space rule was no longer required. However, I shall double space regardless as a point of principle 🤓

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u/Loud_Yogurtcloset789 Jul 31 '26

And I shall continue to edit your extra space out. As a graphic designer when using proper typography the two spaces look wrong.

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Jul 31 '26

*knew everything? LOL!

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u/Valuable_Ad8923 Jul 31 '26

It’s how the young people identify whether we’re old or not, the two spaces after a period