AAMTs answer to spacing question:
Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-04-08
In Reply to: AAMT second edition/spacing - Portland
Subject: AAMTs answer to spacing question:
AAMT BOS 2005 second edition, page 66-67 says:
"When using a proportional-spaced font it is customary to mark the end of a sentence with a single space; however, double-spacing is still widely used, especially with non-proportional fonts, such as Courier. The choice is usually determined by departmental or company policy.
Use either a single character space or two spaces (but be consistent in your usage) after
- the end of a sentence, whether it ends in a period, question m ark, exclamation point, quotation mark, parenthesis, bracket, or brace
- a colon used as a punctuation mark within a sentence
Use a single character space after
- each word or symbol (unless the next character is a punctuation mark)
- a comma
- a semicolon
- a period at the end of an abbreviation
Hope that helps answer your question 
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