Favored Spacing

[jjohn87]

It appears that more space is being generated after a period than I would like. Typically not a problem except for abbreviations such as no. ch. a.m. p.m. etc. The editor handles other abbreviations such as U.S. and USC. without adding additional space. I'm the PM on this Arbortext implementation project trying to use all alternatives to solve this problem. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[adobrowolski]

The composition engine assumes that an uppercase letter followed by a period is part of an abbreviation and follows it with an inter-word space. For abbreviations that end in a lowercase letter, like "no.", it assumes that the period is the end of a sentence. You can use " " after the period instead of a normal space to get back the inter-word space (for example "no. 3.", but this will no longer be a valid break-point.