Body copy guidelines
I just sent the following email to some cow orkers. It took me ages to dig up the links. It always takes me ages, so I’m blogging it as a bookmark.
Here are two excellent references for my religious perspective on typesetting and layout of body copy. It will take you less than 10 minutes to read both articles, I promise. You will:
- Discover why you feel drained after a lot of browsing.
- Inspire you to make Hetzner’s copy a relaxing pleasure to read.
- Discover a browser plugin that transforms your experience of reading through a web browser.
Better argument than the article below, and more recent. But only covers font size. You have to read beyond the guy’s marketing bias to recognize that what he’s saying applies even to transactional body copy.
The 100% Easy-2-Read StandardGoes beyond font size. Rocked my world back in 2006. The web should be this way.
Readability AddonOnce you’ve read this stuff and gotten inspired for the future and depressed for the present… You can get an idea of what the world wide web might be like if everyone followed these guidelines, by checking out an awesome browser plugin/addon called Readability.
I guarantee you, it’ll increase your attention span, and suck your soul out through your eyeballs less. Or your money back. ;-)
