The space between words is where meaning lives.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ USEFUL FACT #247 │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ White space (CSS term: margin) consumes ~47% of most │ │ web pages, yet no one remembers reading any of it. │ │ │ │ Typography experts claim this emptiness "improves │ │ readability," but the real function is stranger: │ │ it provides space for thoughts to form. │ │ │ │ Research shows readers' eyes spend more time in │ │ margins than on text. The brain is apparently │ │ attracted to absence. │ │ │ │ This box itself is 73% white space. │ │ │ │ Even more useful: The pause after reading this. │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Everything else is just noise.