The PC is not a typewriter

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1. joegahonaJul 2023
   This is covered in the "The PC Is Not a Typewriter"[1], by Robin Williams. (No, not that Robin Williams.) I adjusted from two spaces to one back in 1999 or so, when I read this book, and the adjustment wasn't as painful as I thought it'd be. I learned on a typewriter in the late '80s.

   For some reason, Stephen King uses two spaces between each word in his Tweets.[2] Not sure if this is some statement he's making or a technical glitch.

   [1] https://www.amazon.com/PC-Not-Typewriter-Creating-Profession...

   [2] https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1678579628686946304?s...

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2. Anthony-GOct 2017
   I first came across these guidelines in Robin William's books[1]. I read a couple of them (The Non-Designer's Design Book and The PC is Not a Typewriter) back in the mid 2000s and found them to be very useful as an amateur desktop publisher. I thoroughly recommend her books for any lay person with an interest in understanding the basic principles of typography.

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams_(writer)

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3. SomeoneOct 2017
   The book “the Mac is not a typewriter” (https://www.amazon.com/Mac-Not-Typewriter-2nd/dp/0201782634) may help get them some idea about style. It is 15 years old, targets print, and is aimed at Mac users, but that doesn’t matter that much.

   (For PC users, there is “the PC is not a typewriter” (https://www.amazon.com/Pc-not-typewriter-Robin-Williams/dp/0...), but that is even older, so I’m not sure it will be more useful than the original, unless your users are using WordPerfect or Ventura Publisher)

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4. xrtJan 2013
   Robin Williams devotes a chapter of her book, "The PC is not a Typewriter", on the subject. She concurs.

   http://www.amazon.com/Pc-Not-Typewriter-Robin-Williams/dp/09...

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