Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:48:26 -0400
From: Aaron Angel <aangel@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: [gopher] Re: Width of text files
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:18:08PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> Usually something between 72 and 75 is suggested for text file line 
> widths.
> 
> Something less than 65 is suggested for menu entry lengths.

I find 67 works quite nicely for menu entries...though beware, some
clients use that for text files as well (it seems HURG does, at least...)

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