Hello, On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Mikko Lehtinen <miihkali.lehti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Mediawiki people, > > I noticed that the line length is very long on PDF ebooks generated out of > Wikipedia articles. It slows down reading. The Wikipedia people suggested > that I report the issue on this list. PDF ebooks are generated by the PediaPress software mwlib.rl.
They use they own message list, mw...@googlegroups.com. You can also check the following URL: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/mwlib > Research has shown that the perfect line length for printed texts is about > 66 characters, including spaces. Anything from 45 to 75 is good. > > Here's the first search result on the subject I googled up, citing perhaps > the most respected authority in typography, Robert Bringhurst: > http://www.typophile.com/node/78173 I would like to note this is note a proper scientific research but the impressions of one typography book author, based on his experience. Still, the point stays valid (and by the way, the author knows the topic very well): set a slight shorter line could indeed improve readability. > (...) > > Mikko Lehtinen -- Best Regards, Sébastien Santoro aka Dereckson http://www.dereckson.be/ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
