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

Jon Hanna jon at spin.ie
Wed Nov 20 14:58:14 EST 2002


> Jon Hanna wrote:
> > The optimal line length is one the reader can adjust to suit themselves.
>
> Despite these sentiments, there's decades of research about what's more
> legible and what's not.

Agreed. My statement was meant to be in addition to what had gone before,
not a refutation of it.

That said, making oneself comfortable is such a innate thing to do I'd be
surprised if there weren't a large number of users who would resize a window
to increase readability without even realising they did (assuming they had a
large enough screen size to make that practical).




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