I have notices that other people either set no space at all or a standard inter-word spacing ( a Simon A . 21 : 23, 15 December 2006 ( UTC)
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The manuscripts also lacked word spacing, so words, sentences, and paragraphs would be a continuous string of letters ( scriptio continua ), often with line breaks in the middle of words.
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The " Elements of Typographic Style " states that only a single word space is required for sentence spacing since " Larger spaces . . . are " themselves " punctuation ."
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However, electronic keyers ( single paddle or iambic ) will produce perfect Morse at a set speed, thus only inter-character and inter-word spacing can produce a semblance of a " fist ".
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It only works well with a fairly short measure ( length of line ), with hyphenation to help keep the word spaces from growing too large, and with the attention of a skilled typographer.
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This is why, as well as the ordinary space character to produce an inter-word space that might become a line break, we also have to produce an inter-word space that won't become a line break.
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The 2008 edition of the Government Printing Office's ( GPO ) " Style Manual " is unequivocal in its guidance regarding this convention : " A single justified word space will be used between sentences.
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This is why, as well as the ordinary space character to produce an inter-word space that might become a line break, we also have to produce an inter-word space that won't become a line break.
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If a standard word space is inserted after a full point or a comma, then, optically, this produces a space of up to 50 % wider than that of other word spaces within a line of type.
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If a standard word space is inserted after a full point or a comma, then, optically, this produces a space of up to 50 % wider than that of other word spaces within a line of type.
