Sentence spaces study

Subject: Sentence spaces study
From: LaVonna Funkhouser <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 17:36:17 -0500

Has anyone a lead on the readability study on sentence
spacing that is mentioned below?

LaVonna
lffunkhouser -at- halnet -dot- com

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> LaVonna:

> I put this out on the Internet which is why I have been inundating you with
> miscellaneous snatches of opinion. This refers to research on readability....

> Rikki

> >I know the correct typographical answer to double spaces is NO. However, I
> >seem to remember research (done at Dartmouth?) that said that readability
> >was increased if spacing was increased between sentences in typeset
> >material.
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