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On 06/06/2015 08:22 AM, Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote: |
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> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015) |
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It's ancient typographic wisdom that the optimal measure (number of |
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characters in column of text) is somewhere between 45 and 75. It varies |
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somewhat depending on the typeface and the leading (spacing between |
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lines, more or less), but everyone agrees that anything over 80 is |
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uncomfortable to read. |
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There's always one guy who will claim that he's perfectly comfortable |
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reading a single line of text that extends into his kitchen; rather than |
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argue, the old 80-character terminal thing gets cited. So that's not the |
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real reason but you still hear it because it's less subjective. |
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