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Measure typographic line lengths right from the page

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Rowan Cavanagh
@rowancavanagh · Interactive Designer at EPAM
Measure is a Chrome extension measuring typographic line lengths right from the page. The "measure" being the width of a body of type, its length of course impacts how readable the text is. Generally speaking, a good measure is between 45–80 characters per line. This little tool helps you find it with a simple click in the toolbar and highlight of a line of… See more
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Yes! I always copy and text paste into some tool I've just Googled!
Bryn Taylor
@bryntaylor99 · Visual Designer
OH, ROWAN. Killer tool my man. So very useful. I wonder — if the core function is to measure individual lines of copy, would there be a way to allow one click line selection (rather than highlighting from the first to the last character)?
Stephen Inoue
@riptide360
I would look to make your Chrome Extension a mini platform like PopClip. There is so much more that you can do beyond typographic line lengths.