Re: Line Size for page (FM 7.1)

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> At first, I used margins of
> * 1.25" left , 1" right (right page),
> * 1.125" left 1.75" right (left page)
> * 1.125" top
> * 1.375" bottom
> 
> Now I'm wondering if this is too large of a line length. Is there any
> data out there that suggest the optimum line length for reading? I note
> that my margins are real close to the default margins that MS Word uses
> in normal.dot for a 8.5x11 page, but of course that doesn't prove
> anything (other than that I'm channeling the mind of someone up in
> Seattle...).

I don't know of studies off-hand. I'm sure there are dozens. ;-)

But...

It really depends on what makes sense for the content. Also, don't
disregard the column feature in FM.

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