[Dragaera] Typesetting punctuation - 2 spaces or one? (was: Re: A Paarfict Storm)

[Diana]

On Jan 20, 2008 1:52 PM, Rick Castello <rick at punk.net> wrote:
> On Sun, January 20, 2008 9:41 am, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>
> >>>> Diana wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> A very minor note, again regarding spacing: double spaces after
> >>>>> periods (or other forms of punctuation) are unnecessary unless one is
> >>>>> using a typewriter font (which I sincerely hope the final product will
> >>>>> not be).
>
>      I don't work in the business, and had made only note of a change in this
>      regard in subtle passing - when did this happen, and why?
>
>      I'm curious.

I did a bit of poking around, and naturally, wikipedia has an entirely
too long article on this; apparently, there exists a raging debate
that makes the serial comma debacle look sane and civilized:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_spacing

But in short: some people think it looks icky.