06/04/2026
Narrow text columns to make long pages easier to finish.
1. Limit the width of long text blocks, so each line stays easy to follow instead of stretching too far across the screen.
2. Aim for a comfortable reading width on body text, because very long lines make it harder for people to find the next line and keep their place.
3. Check your blog posts, service pages, FAQ pages, and policy pages first, because those are the pages where wide text columns cause the most reading fatigue.
4. Put long text inside a content area with a maximum width, so large desktop screens do not turn one paragraph into an exhausting wall of text.
5. Test your longest pages on both a phone and a large monitor, so you can catch places where the text feels too cramped on one screen or too wide on another.
Which page on your website would be easiest to improve by narrowing the text column first?