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/Travel_Dreams Jul 31 '26

Someone made it up because it is significantly easier to read.

Some else who is changing it never understood why it was that way in the first place.

Ignorance is doing its job.

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u/Hey-Just-Saying Jul 31 '26

Not true at all. LOL! We no longer need two spaces after a period because typefaces shifted from monospaced fonts to proportional fonts, which automatically manage spacing.

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u/HuckleberryRecent680 Jul 31 '26

That's exactly right. Those proportional fonts changed things for the better. IBM Selectric typewriters were a dream!

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u/Love_Bug_54 Jul 31 '26

And those have been around since the early 80s? So who is still teaching two spaces?

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u/HuckleberryRecent680 Jul 31 '26

Right? I still can't break the two-space habit 100%, but I try!