Hello,
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Mikko Lehtinen
<miihkali.lehtinen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Mediawiki people,
I noticed that the line length is very long on PDF ebooks generated out of
Wikipedia articles. It slows down reading. The Wikipedia people suggested
that I report the issue on this list.
PDF ebooks are generated by the PediaPress
software mwlib.rl.
They use they own message list, mwlib(a)googlegroups.com.
You can also check the following URL:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/mwlib
Research has shown that the perfect line length for
printed texts is about
66 characters, including spaces. Anything from 45 to 75 is good.
Here's the first search result on the subject I googled up, citing perhaps
the most respected authority in typography, Robert Bringhurst:
http://www.typophile.com/node/78173 I would like to note this is note a proper
scientific research but the
impressions of one typography book author, based on his experience.
Still, the point stays valid (and by the way, the author knows the
topic very well): set a slight shorter line could indeed improve
readability.
(...)
Mikko Lehtinen
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Best Regards,
Sébastien Santoro aka Dereckson
http://www.dereckson.be/