The general (not specialized like the publishing industry) but general standard re: spacing and periods?

Question

What is the general consensus here about this question? Please keep in mind that I want to know what YOU do yourself and what you think most people do ...

DO YOU USE 1 SPACE OR 2 AFTER A PERIOD IN A SENTENCE?

Answer 1

My wife took typing in the 1950s. I took a keyboarding and Microsoft Word class in the mid 1990s.

We were both taught that the standard is two spaces after a period and a colon.

One space after a comma and a semicolon.