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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
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.
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Ummm.... minor nit. The golden mean (or golden ratio or golden section or 1.618) predates electronics. It was more of an art than science but the basic idea was there. Check Greek architecture for example.
Now if I could figure out how this applies to making an image a hyperlink...