Optimal width test

The optimal width of paragraph text is supposed to be 50-75 characters.  According to Smashing Magazine’s typography study, 75-85 is more popular.  Lets see what my 3/4 of the way across spacing gives me.

We’ll start with forty:

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fifty (optimal):

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sixty:

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seventy:

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eighty:

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And hopefully using all numbers doesn’t throw anything off.

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