There’s a widespread belief that shorter lines (fewer characters per line) are easier to read because the eye doesn’t have to move as far horizontally from the end of one line back to the start of the next. The left edge of the text (assuming left-to-right languages) may already be in your peripheral vision. Thus it’s easier to visually find the correct line to read next, and avoid accidentally rereading the same line or skipping lines. Xidipity provides this functionality with the add multiple columns (​ ​) selection. This functionality is responsive which means on mobile the columns stack left to right or right to left in reverse mode.

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