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What I don't understand about all this talk of layout and typography is why it is suddenly a good idea to have a website that consists of nearly 2/3 empty white
by jccalhoun 12y ago
What I don't understand about all this talk of layout and typography is why it is suddenly a good idea to have a website that consists of nearly 2/3 empty white space with a narrow band of text. Sorry but it isn't good typography if I have to zoom in to read your site.
- ReidZB 12y agoIt sounds like the site is not rendering correctly for you. The font size itself is (supposed to be) very large, so if you are zooming in, then it sounds like something's wrong. (Mobile device, maybe?) If anything, some folks might prefer to zoom out, not in. As for the 2/3 empty white space, that is an attempt to have a measure (line length) [1] that is readable. A general rule of thumb is somewhere around 70 characters per line is comfortable to read for single-column text. Now, I tend to think that 70 characters per line feels pretty short on the web... in my personal experience, around 100 characters feels a lot better. Anyway, if you're interested in typography, take a look at Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_%28typography%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_%28typography%29