Resting Comfortable

The biggest typography offender is space. Line spacing, or leading, and the amount of space in text wraps are common offenders. While sometimes you see too much space, the more common problem is that the text does not have adequate room to breathe, making the design feel cluttered and difficult to read. For most blocks of heavy copy – think paragraphs of body text – common line spacing for the web is about 120 percent to 150 percent of the size of lettering. With smaller text, such as that rendering on mobile devices, you can even err on the side of a little extra line spacing to ensure readability.