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TermCraft conventionFoundational

Measure

How long each line of text is.

Definition

The horizontal length of a line of text, conventionally counted in characters.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

How long each line of text is.

Example

Around 45 to 75 characters is the usual guidance for continuous prose.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

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Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.