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I usually target around 120 characters as a right margin, allowing up to 130 before I start seriously considering a hard line break. Anything more than 140 or
by kstenerud 5y ago
I usually target around 120 characters as a right margin, allowing up to 130 before I start seriously considering a hard line break.
Anything more than 140 or so and it gets harder to scan (too sparse). Anything less than 100 or so and it gets harder to scan (too dense).
80 is just painful.
- layer8 5y agoThis is certainly subjective. I agree that 80 characters are often too constraining, but significantly more than 100 characters is already difficult to scan for me. I find a limit of 120 to be too much; around 100 is the sweet spot.