Designing Tables to be Read, Not Looked At

Richard Rutter, in support of his new book Web Typography, shares loads of great advice on data table design. Here's a good one:

You might consider making all the columns an even width. This too does nothing for the readability of the contents. Some table cells will be too wide, leaving the data lost and detached from its neighbours. Other table cells will be too narrow, cramping the data uncomfortably. Table columns should be sized according to the data …

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