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Re: End-of-sentence spacing, for our German readers
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John A. |
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Re: End-of-sentence spacing, for our German readers |
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Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:35:20 +0100 |
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On 2021-01-14, Ulrich Lauther wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 06:01:33AM +0000, Dorai Sitaram via wrote:
>> I'm used to single-spacing by now, given its ubiquity, but surely the
>> Germans carry their disdain for typographic breathing space a little too
>> far? As in the posted article, paragraphs are difficult to visually
>> separate, lacking as they do both leading horizontal indentation and
>> vertical separation.
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> Did you realize that the posted article was a joke, a piece of humor?
Although I'd imagine that the lack of visual paragraph separation in the
article wasn't part of the joke, and that what Dorai himself said was
somewhat of a joke.
Best regards
John