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Old 10-30-2019, 08:03 PM   #122
barryem
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I read an article in some magazine, I don't recall which, maybe 30 years ago that said the reason newspaper columns were narrow was that research done long ago showed it let people read faster and more easily. I mentioned this in another thread in this forum a few years ago and someone said that had been disproven but i don't recall who said it or why or how it was proven wrong.

I thought in this thread it might be worth mentioning again. I know I read a bit faster with narrow text and even on my Kindle I've experimented with wide margins and they help me read faster.

I won't argue that this works for everyone. Reading is a very individual thing.

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