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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Double spaces after periods can create "rivers." This makes text more difficult to read for those with dyslexia. Whatever is used as a text editor is probably stripping them out for accessibility reasons. I suppose double spaces made sense with monospaced fonts.

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/accessibility/typography#myth4

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    HTML rendering collapses whitespace; it has nothing to do with accessibility. I would like to see the research on double-spacing causing rivers, because I've only ever noticed them in justified text where I would expect the renderer to be inserting extra space after a full stop compared between words within sentence anyway.

    I've seen a lot of dubious legibility claims when it comes to typography including:

    1. serif is more legible
    2. sans-serif is more legible
    3. comic sans is more legible for people with dyslexia

    and so on.

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