On 01.02.23 06:13, Bruce Guenter wrote:
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 11:19:52PM +0100, Pascal Obry wrote:
This has nothing to do with display size. Do you know why news paper
has small columns? Because it is faster to read, that is, the time to
go from the end of line to the start of the new is far easier if the
width is not too large.
Actually, that's a bit of an urban legend.
Actually, it isn't. I studied typography and worked professionally in
the field for a decade. Just take my word for it. :)
Newspapers have small columns
because wider columns have more unused space, which means less space for
other features and, most importantly, advertisements.
I dunno how newspapers entered this. Take any book, scientific
publication, etc. They all stick to this rules despite the complete lack
of advertising space constraints.
Recent studies
point to reading speed going up as line lengths increase, though the
effect is not huge.
https://www.usability.gov/get-involved/blog/2006/08/line-length-and-onscreen-reading.html
I call that BS until you show me a meta-study with overall
non-contestable sample size and age distribution.
20 college students? Yeah, right.
I would say there isn't a bigger age bias to be had than that. And the
sample size ... let's not go there. ;)
Beers,
.mm
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