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Line Lengths
from Zine- Rubi Sanchez
by rubys8319
Don’t.
The length of a line should be comfortable to read: too short and it breaks up the words or phases; too long and the reader must search for the beginning each line. If you are uncertain about line length, a good rule of thumb is to set the type with 35 to 70 characters per line.
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Do.
The lengthe of a line should be comfortable to read: too short and it breaks up the words or phases; too long and the reader must search for the beginning each line. If you are uncertain about line length, a good rule of thumb is to set the type with 35 to 70 characters per line.
Don’t
To read
Two unforgivable sins for desgners are leaving uncorrected windows and orphans in a setting
An orphan is a short line that appears at the top of the page it is usually the last line of paragraphy from the preding colum or page, it is more obious and therefore distracting.
