Use Single Space After a Period
? Carol Kaemmerer
Executive Branding & Influence Strategist | Helping C-Suite Executives, Business Owners & Seasoned Federal Leaders Leverage LinkedIn for Board Seats, Media Features & High-Impact Career Moves
Welcome back to our #littlelinkedinlesson series on spacing! This is the second lesson in our three-part series. Today, we’ll focus on the use of single spaces after periods.
Single Spaces: Those of us who are 50+ had it drilled into us in our high school typing class that we should use two spaces after a period. Typists used two spaces between sentences to mimic the style used by traditional typesetters. While wide sentence spacing was phased out in the printing industry in the mid-20th century as proportionate fonts were introduced, the practice continued on typewriters and later on computers for some time. Because we've all switched to modern fonts now, adding two spaces after a period no longer enhances readability, typographers say. It diminishes it.
Every major style guide prescribes a single space after a period. Some recruiters actually see double spacing after a period as a sign of age and unwillingness to change. So if you're still using two spaces, it dates you.
Actionable Tip: Check your About and Experience sections and remove any extra spaces after periods. Ensure you use a single space to keep your profile modern and professional.
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Principal Scientist/Technical Fellow (ret.)
9 个月Near the completion of my career, I was asked to play the role of a mentor for those kids fresh out of engineering school, and entering into my area of expertise. ?It was a role I cherished almost as much as creating new technologies. ?Because there is so much not written in textbooks. Knowing how and why failure can occur in an implantable medical device is pretty important to understand. ?During the course of conducting that role, I found others who when working through Failure Mode & Effects Analyses, had no clue as to how manufacturing process & design variables variables could interact to cause a failure of the component under discussion. ?I’d hate to think the outcome of implantation of such components, without the full understanding of those effects. ?I look fondly on my technical contributions over my 35 year career, but it’s teaching others to ask what can go wrong, and then following up to ensure quality and reliability is in place that leaves me piece of mind. All from a scientist who still uses double spaces after a period. ?Trends are fleeting, knowledge hopefully never will. ?
Principal Scientist/Technical Fellow (ret.)
9 个月Cushing is stop on in his assessment! ?
Design Quality Assurance Engineer (not open to work)
9 个月And … just why is it a bad thing to look older? Experience, wisdom, work drive all frowned upon. I know what you are trying to say, but the background reality is … sad and wasteful.
Medical Device R&D Leader | Delivering life-changing medical devices from concept to clinic.
9 个月Thanks Carol. It's interesting that many word processors will add a period if you put in two spaces. Of course, as I write this I note that LinkedIn won't do that!
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9 个月Thanks, ? Carol Kaemmerer. This is a topic I hadn't even considered as having an impact. Your tips are very helpful.