Record width

The record width is the length of a line and is therefore also referred to as the line length . It is measured either in millimeters or typographical points and depends on the size of the font. In addition, the sentence width is based on the type of text and book. If the text is intended for purely informative reading ( e.g. lexica ), the length of the lines should not be too long. Lines that are too short, on the other hand, lead to frequent and unsightly word separations and irritating line skips.

Change of line length

The record width can be influenced by two different measures. On the one hand, by increasing the word spacing, the full line length can be achieved. This process is known as expelling and is used in justification . The spacing between the individual letters can also be increased by spacing . Conversely, it is also possible to reduce the word spacing. In typographic terminology, this method is called bringing in.

See also

• Readability
• Font size
• Walking distance

literature

• Ursula Rautenberg (Hrsg.): Reclam's subject dictionary of the book . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010542-0 .
• Stephan Füssel, Helmut Hiller: Dictionary of the book . Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-465-03495-7 .