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On longer articles, you do eventually get to a point where overly-long line widths mean more content fits onscreen at once, but at the cost of readability. Lon
by pwinnski 4y ago
On longer articles, you do eventually get to a point where overly-long line widths mean more content fits onscreen at once, but at the cost of readability.
Long line lengths are objectively bad for readability[0] and information retention[1], even among people who claim to prefer them. That said, I believe long line lengths are faster.
0. https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability
1. https://uxmovement.com/content/how-margins-and-line-lengths-affect-readability/ https://uxmovement.com/content/how-margins-and-line-lengths-...