# Increasing post width with CSS?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368 "2016-04-28T07:06:37Z")
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### Author: ![Tom\_Newsom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tom_newsom/32/115981_2.png) [@Tom\_Newsom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom_Newsom)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increasing-post-width-with-css/43368/5 "2016-04-29T08:33:40Z")

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Consider readability before making it too wide:

> **[Readability: The Optimal Line Length – Baymard](https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability)**
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> The length of text lines substantially impacts their readability — yet this is often overlooked in e-commerce. See our latest test findings on line length readability.

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