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Originally Posted by Turtle91
...I was only talking about my phone settings to compare to the "golden number" and show that I didn't have any issues with a slightly shorter line. Perhaps I just got used to reading on a really small device many moons ago (pocket pc) and feel that the relatively larger screen today is a good balance??
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I also got going many moons ago on small devices for reading with Pocket PC (so around 2002) and never found small screens and short lines an issue for text. In fact on a 6" 18:9 ratio phone display I prefer to read in two columns in landscape rather than in around 5-1/4 inch lines.
Regarding the "golden number" I don't believe that its origin had anything to do with reading comfort at all. In the days of mechanical teleprinters the standard for transmission of teletype was that a CR/LF was to be sent prior to the 69th character in order to avoid the receiving printer overrunning its carriage width. In my early days I actually built programs for radio transmission of teletype (as was used by the likes of diplomatic posts, news agencies, amateur radio operators, ships, etc.) and if I recall correctly the design target was to have the CR/LF sent between 60 and 66 characters in order to minimize the splitting of words.
Even now with computer terminals with no carriage width limitation it is still common to break lines in the same place to display on screen.