[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34991: Introduce a typographic measure for the admin screens

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#34991: Introduce a typographic measure for the admin screens
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |    Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 For optimal readability, lines of text shouldn't exceed a certain length.
 In typography, this is called
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measure_(typography) measure] and looking
 around for references you will find several (different) recommendations,
 starting from 45-50 characters per line till 90 or even more.

 By the way, there's no such a thing as an absolute, perfect, number to fit
 all the different cases. It depends on many different factors, starting
 from the typeface used, its metrics, if it's a single column or multi-
 column layout etc.

 That said, when a line of text is really, really, too long, then
 readability, usability, and accessibility, they're all seriously affected.

 I'd like to encourage typography lovers and designers to start some
 discussion, research, and development with the long-term goal to improve
 typography in the admin screens. Trying to implement a ''measure'' could
 be a nice start.

 Also, I'd like to propose to consider the introduction of a new
 "typography" focus tag for Trac.

 In the screenshots below: a couple examples of some admin screens rendered
 on a large display with the browser's window maximized.

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/Lqn6W2CVsy.png)]]

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/CV2JcdQI1w.png)]]

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