"French spacing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} French spacing (uncountable)
  1. (typography) The archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences. Wikipedia link: French spacing Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-French_spacing-en-noun-v0ZtBG9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: media, publishing, typography
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