> body text on the web is in a wide column and left-justified, since screens are wider rather than taller (unlike books and newspapers). This is an effect of a

> body text on the web is in a wide column and left-justified, since screens are wider rather than taller (unlike books and newspapers). This is an effect of artificial technical limitations in the rendering software which was initially designed by computer programmers without much consideration for the capabilities or preferences of human readers – not an effect of screen dimensions. A newspaper page is much wider than the great majority of screens. Text laid out in one-screen-tall columns with horizontal scrolling is actually dramatically more pleasant to read. If you have a Mac, you can try for yourself, http://amarsagoo.info/tofu/ http://amarsagoo.info/tofu/ This is especially true on a multitouch display like an iPad or the like, where swiping to the side is easy and natural. For a phone display which only fits one column, a continuous vertical scroll might be better, but then you definitely also want good paragraph composition.