Editing Scriptio continua (section)

=== Punjabi (Gurmukhi) script ===
Before the late 1960s and the early 1970s, [[Gurbani]] and other [[Sikh scriptures]] were written in the traditional method of writing the [[Gurmukhi]] script known as ''larivār'' where there were no spacing between words in the texts (interpuncts in the form of a dot were used by some to differentiate between words, such as by [[Guru Arjan]]). This is opposed to the comparatively more recent method of writing in Gurmukhi known as ''pad ched'', which breaks the words by inserting spacing between them.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Jasjit |year=2014 |title=The Guru's Way: Exploring Diversity Among British Khalsa Sikhs |url=https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/118645/1/JSDiversityFULLv5.pdf |journal=Religion Compass |publisher=School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds |volume=8 |issue=7 |pages=209–219 |doi=10.1111/rec3.12111 |quote=...until the early 1970s all copies of the Guru Granth Sahib were presented in larivaar format, in which all the words were connected without breaks, after which point the SGPC released a single-volume edition in which the words were separated from one another in ‘pad chhed’ format (Mann 2001: 126). Whereas previously readers would have to recognize the words and make the appropriate breaks while reading, pad chhed allowed "reading for those who were not trained to read the continuous text." (Mann 2001: 126). The AKJ promotes a return to the larivaar format of the Guru Granth Sahib. |via=White Rose}}</ref>