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Improve readability & legibility

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What are you missing or what could be improved?

Overall, the websites' readability & legibility can be improved

  • Readability: The website is written by non-native speakers. Some parts of the website use clumsy or convoluted wording.

  • Legibility: the layout hasn't been optimized by graphic designers.

What is the solution you'd like to see?

Readability:

  • Get native speakers to proofread
  • Quickly make your point
  • Use simple words
  • Use short sentences
  • Use short paragraphs, 4 to 5 sentences
  • Use statistics, figures, illustrations
  • Use sub-headlines
  • Use bullet points

Legibility:

  • Use the right font/typography
  • Use a large font size, approx. 18 - 22px
  • Use a line height of approx. 24px (approx. 1.5 times the font size)
  • Use stark contrast between text & background colour
  • Use narrow lines, 60 to 80 characters

Do you have additional comments?

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Edited by crixus