Briefle words · UI design
Reading column
A centered, width-limited container that holds long-form text independently of how wide the screen is.
Say it to an AI
Cooking-blog article page. Put the body in a centered reading column that keeps the measure around 50–60 characters per line, with 15px text and a generous line height of about 1.65. Headings can be tighter, but body text never spans the full width.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Article reading view”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Article page in a cooking blog's reader view.
Why: A centers the article in a max-width column with white space on both sides; B stretches edge to edge.
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