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That's not gopher. Gopher doesn't have semantic markup. In fact, gopher doesn't define a document format at all (unless you count the format of the menus); it's a transport protocol.

I'm not advocating regression to non-design; merely the automation of design, and its implementation as close to the user as possible. It may disturb the more artistically inclined to learn that their profession is in the process of being obsoleted by technology, but there it is and I hope they won't be Ludditic about it.

"we like to read a number of words on each line" (etc.) - who are "we"? I certainly don't; a line break forces you to re-acquire the text stream, producing regressive eye movement. Do you have data for your assertions? My understanding of the science was that the optima are narrow columnar formats and maximal width.