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A federal district court in North Carolina has ruled that 24 is not "double" 12. Ugh.
Folks, if your court rule says "double spaced," that rule should *not* come with the implied qualifier: "as defined by the people who design Microsoft Word."
But anyway, here goes... 1/
Folks, if your court rule says "double spaced," that rule should *not* come with the implied qualifier: "as defined by the people who design Microsoft Word."
But anyway, here goes... 1/
The Court reasons that because most word processing programs have a standard setting for "double" that might not be actually 2x the font size, the Court's rules incorporate that standard. (Note: Does every word processing program use the same spacing for that setting?) 2/ 
Ah yes, the "technical explanation" that 24 is actually double 12. It is, indeed, hard to quarrel with that! 3/
