Double-spacing after a period

[nunuu]

I'm so old school. When I type, I STILL hit the spacebar twice after a period. :P This is what happens when you learned keyboarding on electronic typewriters back in the 80's.

Anyone else do the same thing?

[Deuce]

I do. It's pointless in HTML, of course, but it's still proper form.

[Sgt Phantomizer]

Unless it's an unconsious mistake, no, i don't...i've never even used a typewriter.

[WoottWinds]

I do. Typing with only one space after a period just feels incredibly wrong to my fingers.

[Chelli]

I used to type that way because that's how they taught it in school, but eventually I stopped. Now I only put one space after periods.

[Deuce]

eventually I stopped.

I'm old, and set in my ways! I will never stop!

[Peytral]

Wait, what? People put two spaces after punctuation? o.o

[Ryos]

I do. It's pointless in HTML, of course, but it's still proper form.

Newer English guides state one space is proper now, but I will never succumb to this defiance of English standards! If nothing else, I think sentences flow better with two spaces.

[Sgt Phantomizer]

Wait, what? People put two spaces after punctuation? o.o

LOL, i'm right there with ya o.O

[NorseFTX]

I have a habit of putting two spaces after sentences. =P
The old versions of Microsoft Word used to call a single space after a period a spelling error, and would correct it to two spaces, so I've gotten used to putting two spaces after my periods. It actually came from back in the day of typewriters and monospaced fonts, where the fact that a period took the same amount of space as all the rest of the letters made it difficult to see where sentences ended in a huge paragraph. Putting an extra space helped delineate where the sentences began and ended.
Now that we've got proportional fonts, though, the double space is kinda obsolete. However, it just doesn't feel right if I don't jab the space bar twice!

EDIT: Huh...! Funnily enough, this message board edits double spaces out of posts anyway.