Be flexible and rely on your common sense when subdividing and organizing your information. While longer documents are harder to read on screen, they are easier to maintain and download for printing. Consider the preferences of your target audiences as you organize your site. Break up large blocks of text Minimize large grey masses of print. If you have extensive text information on your site, consider creating narrower columns of text.
Most Web pages contain lines of text which are too long to be easily read.
A reader's comfortable eye span is 40 to 60 characters per line on a computer screen. One of the easiest ways to control the format of text passages is to place the text within tables on your Web pages. The borders of the tables may be invisible, if desired. Create a visual hierarchy Organize the content on your page so that it is logical and predictable. Place elements such as headings consistently from one page to the next.