http://www.onenaught.com/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace A blog on web standards, accessibility, css, javascript, xslt, and more Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.onenaught.com/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace/comment-page-1#comment-13931 Beau Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:55:14 +0000 http://localonenaught/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace#comment-13931 <a href="http://www.dostuffright.com/CSS-font-styles-color-margin-padding-a-inline-code" title="Best css styles including font color, margin, padding, a, with inline code." rel="nofollow">A recent study</a> found that the most common line height for the most popular websites around the world is about 131% (given a base font size of "small"~13px). A recent study found that the most common line height for the most popular websites around the world is about 131% (given a base font size of “small”~13px).

]]> http://www.onenaught.com/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace/comment-page-1#comment-13823 Rest their eyes: making it easier to read your Web page | Aggie Webmasters Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:04:22 +0000 http://localonenaught/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace#comment-13823 [...] between lines. It so happens that Web browsers automatically put less space between lines, but people really need more, according to usability experts. You can use CSS to specify it: body {line-height: [...] [...] between lines. It so happens that Web browsers automatically put less space between lines, but people really need more, according to usability experts. You can use CSS to specify it: body {line-height: [...]

]]> http://www.onenaught.com/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace/comment-page-1#comment-4949 Comfortable Reading » Blog Archive » Bad typography #2 -Narrow Line-Heigth Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:01:04 +0000 http://localonenaught/posts/10/the-power-of-line-height-and-whitespace#comment-4949 [...] know why, but narrow line-height is ok to read on paper but reading it online it stinks. Here is a web developer that agrees. The first thing he does to improve a web site is to increas the [...] [...] know why, but narrow line-height is ok to read on paper but reading it online it stinks. Here is a web developer that agrees. The first thing he does to improve a web site is to increas the [...]

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