Left align copy for each myth

[adamjohnson]

Left aligning the myth text makes them more readable because your eye returns to the same spot on the left for each new line. Rule #11 from Practical Typography states that we should use centered text sparingly.

Here's a link to the production site to compare: a11y Myths

tags: typography, design

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Great site by the way. Love it! Thanks for putting this together.

[sergeicodes]

Hi @adamjohnson, thanks for commenting! I'm getting your point, I was thinking that for the such a short text it won't be a problem. From the design perspective centered version looks much better, what do you think?

[adamjohnson]

IMO if there was only one myth per page, center aligned text could work.

That said, since there are XX myths which are all center aligned, I think this makes them harder to read one after the other.

As usual, your results may vary. :-)

[yamanoku]

My name is @yamanoku, and I translated this into Japanese.

The Japanese is left-justified, as it is easier to read the text starting from the left side rather than centering it.

[sergeicodes]

Well, at the end accessibility is not about blindly following WGAC, but about how usable is a website for people. If beautifully centered text breaks the general readability, then it needs to be fixed.

[sergeicodes]

@stevefaulkner what do you think of centering vs. aligning to the left?