Text-related factors
Line length
Very long lines are off-putting and make it harder for the eye to jump back to the beginning of the next line. By contrast, very short lines result in frequent line breaks and hyphenation. A line length of between 35 and 80 characters is recommended depending on text type.1
Summarized Recommendations
Line length
- Maximum line length for body text: 80 characters per line
- Maximum line length for consultation text: 60 characters per line
- Maximum line length for signage text: 50 characters per line
Footnotes
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Indra Kupferschmid
Buchstaben kommen selten allein
Niggli 2001
Jan Filek
Read/ability – Typografie und Lesbarkeit
Niggli 2013