15 Jan
2020
15 Jan
'20
1:02 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:29:35AM +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Dutch typesetting had some rules for thin spaces in a transition period from full spaces (early) to no spaces (modern).
Much of this change happened in the (late) 19th century, so I guess it had more to do with linotype/monotype than with modern digitisation.
I think it happened at about the same time for English. Before that it was pretty universal. See https://archive.org/details/worksbenjaminfr06spargoog/page/n12 for just one example. (The thin space in that example is really thin! -- but it’s definitely there) Best, Arthur