Author Topic: One space or two spaces after a period.  (Read 7543 times)

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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #50 on: April 01, 2017, 12:21:59 AM »
http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/

I'm aware... I still like Comic Sans. I watch anime too. Your point? XD


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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #51 on: April 01, 2017, 02:38:41 AM »
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/the-top-ten-mistakes-writers-make-when-self-publishing-a-book/

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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #52 on: April 01, 2017, 09:30:40 AM »
People where I work only really need to use 4 or 5 tags...

Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and possibly occasionally Table Body and Table Header.

The templates that we developed have all of the formatting, and more importantly, all of the directions, that anyone needs.

And they still screw it up.


As for fonts, .gov standards seem to be either Arial or Times New Roman, depending on the group that put together the template. My contract's templates are all TNR, but I have to use Arial a lot.

My favorite font is Palatino. It's what American Rifleman used to be printed in (may still be). It's got a very elegant look to it.
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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #53 on: April 01, 2017, 10:19:09 AM »
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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #55 on: April 01, 2017, 04:27:22 PM »
Times New Roman and Arial are the only two fonts.

Arial is nothing more than a malformed Helvetica ripoff.  :police:  >:D
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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #56 on: April 01, 2017, 11:13:33 PM »
What about Comic Sans, my favorite.


Comic Sans was the font of choice at Outer Circle Products.   Every damn e-mail and document was in comic sans...
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Re: One space or two spaces after a period.
« Reply #57 on: April 21, 2017, 07:11:12 AM »

In any other situation I will laugh at you for using two spaces. It's like people who still pump the accelerator pedal before starting their car. lol.
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