Two spaces after a period

Where would I modifiy my CSS to allow for the appearance of
two literal spaces after each period in a paragraph. If you are
typing body text, Dreamweaver appears to assume you only meant one
space between sentences.

> how hard you have to push mere technicians
>The notion that people have to break a "bad"
> habit--setting off sentences with a space or two--is a
weird homage to
> herd
> mentality.
So says you, and you say it like a true elitist.
How can we ever show our gratitude for your taking time to
enlighten us.
HTML works the way it works. If you don't like it maybe you
should consider
a different medium to express your spectacularly superior
taste. All your
whining and wringing of hands is getting boring.
Goodbye.
Walt
"foxetown" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f3ij1k$a4v$[email protected]..
> stevenkay,
>
> Here's my comment, from an earlier post: "...The site I
run is
> purposefully
> nostalgic (living history oriented) and I spend a lot of
my time looking
> at
> 18th and 19th century typesetting. I can't help thinking
that the double
> space
> used then looks better than the claustrophobic version
we've adopted now,
> even
> with proportional fonts..."
>
> The preponderance of "eye rolling" professionals who
regard the historic
> standard as "passe" is useful information. In my case,
it's an
> indication of
> how hard you have to push mere technicians to achieve a
standard this is
> outside the norm. I have to deal with a lot of
construction supervisors
> who
> don't know what cornice moulding is either, but they
just admit their
> ignorance.
>
> When you think about it--with respect to typography and
"saving
> space"--why
> have paragraphs at all? Why put margins on a web page?
Why set off
> text
> with white space? The notion that people have to break a
"bad"
> habit--setting off sentences with a space or two--is a
weird homage to
> herd
> mentality.
>
>
>

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