[Sigia-l] width limits for a body of text

[Saffer, Dan]

Robin Williams (not Mrs. Doubtfire, but the designer/author) gives
several guidelines for this:

- No more than 9-10 words per line
- No more than 2.5 times the alphabet (65 characters)
- Double the point size of your type, then use a line length no longer
than that in picas. (1 pica=12 pixels). Thus, if I'm doing my math
correctly, a 10 point font should have a line length of 240 pixels.

These are only her guidelines, not hard and fast rules for legibility,
however...

Dan

dan saffer  .  sr. interaction designer
ameritrade  .  dsaffer at datek.com