[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

Here's what the linked article states:...Here’s why: Back when we used typewriters, every character was given the exact same amount of space on the page. That meant the letter i was given the same amount of space as the letter m, even though it clearly didn’t need it. This is called monospaced typesetting and it’s, well, spacey. We needed that extra space between sentences to make it easier to see the beginning of new sentences.

Word processors and computers and everything that is not a very old typewriter use mostly proportionally spaced fonts, which adjust spacing to the size of the letter...

The linked article was not correct. All typewriters were not monospaced and I was surprised the article didn't mention that. In the 60s, IBM manufactured a proportional typewriter which they called the IBM Executive. I believe they made a couple different model Executives, but I wouldn't swear to that. I had the opportunity to use that typewriter but didn't like it and went back to the Selectric, which I loved. I remember that the backspace on the Executive was also proportional which was necessary for correcting errors.