Easiest to read page size

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Steve Litt wrote:

> I've done some research on this topic. Generally speaking, each line
> should be a little less than 70 characters. If they get much longer, the
> reader has a hard time going to the proper next line. If they get much
> shorter, you get increases hyphenation and funky inter-word spacing.

Steve,

That's consistent with what I read years ago when I consumed several books
on typography.

> Beyond that, a lot of readability hinges on where the reader will be
> reading. Paper? PDF on full sized monitor? PDF on mobile device? ePub?
> Combination of preceding?

The document is a PDF. I've set the page size to US Executive (8"x10"), text
font is URW Palatino 11 pt. Outer margins are 0.5", inner margins 0.9" for
binding (it's typeset for double-side printing.)

If someone wants to read it on their mobile telephone, wristwatch, or
eyeglasses it's up to them to do so.

Thanks,

Rich