LoveToKnow 1911 talk:Explanation - Comments

From LoveToKnow 1911

One thing that could be improved is readability, namely gray space. You could simply break up the paragraphs with white space, so that it doesn't labor they eye to keep one's place and find the next line.

In fact, if you would break a page into two columns, it would be even even easier to follow a line and keep one's eye on track.

I will try to do that with this article, to illustrate.

What does it mean?

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