Timeline for Should there be a space between name initials?
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Sep 21, 2018 at 5:22 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | There must be a typo in "I don't think British English uses the initials" it doesn't make sense otherwise (to me). Could you please clarify, maybe I'm misunderstanding something. | |
Oct 8, 2013 at 0:50 | comment | added | Robusto | @tchrist: Your beef is with the MLA and APA style guides then. When I've submitted manuscripts in the past I was instructed to use Courier monospaced font because that's how editors prefer to see it. See this answer by JSBangs for further information. | |
Oct 3, 2013 at 7:53 | comment | added | Merk | Truncations did not require spaces back when acronyms where spelled with periods; the ones that still have them (Ph.D., e.g., i.e.) still don't require spaces. | |
Feb 27, 2013 at 21:02 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | The MLA link says nothing about spacing, and with all due respect, the monospaced APA examples look nasty: monospace is for typewriters, not for typesetting. Moreover, Bringhurst disagrees; see my answer. Having a “space versus no-space” distinction probably only makes sense on a typewriter; with typesetting, other considerations apply. | |
Feb 10, 2011 at 2:36 | vote | accept | Kit | ||
Feb 4, 2011 at 14:06 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |