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   Joel Nelson [Minnesota] (fkq1q2r2@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 08:04:34 JST Joel Nelson [Minnesota]

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   • Adam Curry [Texas]
   • PG_Kelly

   @PG_Kelly @adam it was due to kerning. Mechanical typewriters wouldn't be able to adjust the space after a period for a W (and others), which would cause the character to overhang the previous character. To keep consistency, double space was most commonly used after all periods.

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     PG_Kelly (pg_kelly@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 08:04:35 JST PG_Kelly

     • Adam Curry [Texas]

     @adam You have mentioned in the past about the double spacing between sentences. I have an answer for you. It comes from the typewriter days. It was used in business. Secretaries would type like that for readability. The reason why John does not know this is he typed are a writer and they did not want any extra spaces. This is how it was explained to me. I learned it because I learned to type from my Mom who was an Executive Secretary.

     Sexy Moon repeated this.