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Originally Posted by tompe
Well, an old rule of thumb for optimal readability is that a line should be around 60 characters (8-10 words). And that is what the random mass market paperback I just checked had.
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Ideal is
approximately 2-1/2 alphabets (65 characters) for a serifed text face. Electronic readers are limited by resolution, readable point sizes, horrifically bad hyphenation, bad font choices, and a whole host of other design problems forced on them by bad software designed by manufacturers, not readers.
5" is perfectly acceptable
IF the software implements decent design choices. If the resolution is high enough, a readable typeface, left-justified (not full-justified), proper line spacing, etc., etc., etc.