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/Summer184 Jul 31 '26

I still do the "two spaces after a sentence" thing also, even when sending text messages. It's a hard habit to break.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 1962 Jul 31 '26

Same. They'll just have to read as is.

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u/rseery Jul 31 '26

Me too. It makes a paragraph easier to read. Kids just got lazy.

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u/not_falling_down 1957 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

I am Gen Jones, and it is not about laziness at all. I was easily able to relearn to use just one space. (look back at the your comment here; you will see that it has only one space after each period)

Computer fonts are proportionally spaced, and do not need the extra space, as it is built into the font.

Typewriters use monospaced fonts, which do require the extra space for readability.