: How to format a chat conversation? How to make a chat conversation really look like a conversation? The final result should be in text, not in image since this conversation is a supplement

@Gretchen549

If you want to go full plaintext (no bold, no color, no font-choice) then adding blockquote around text could make it clearer it's a conversation

char 1:
"how old are you ?"
char 2:
"I'm 21 years old. And you ?"

For a "web" version, remove blockquote and enclose text in a speech bubble.
Replace "char X" by a photo.
If there's ony 2 characters then place 1 char on the left,1 on the right (but the text should still be left aligned)

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@Dunderdale640

I think you're on the right track, and you're being overly critical of your own work. There is (always) room for improvement, depending on the context where you're using this (a book? magazine? poster? webpage?) There's some basic design principles you can apply here:

Grouping:

You can make each participant's text different from the other by making it visually a group. this can be through something obvious, like drawing a rectangle around it, or more subtle, by using whitespace

Contrast:

You can differentiate each speaker from each other by using color, images, or typography (though I wouldn't really recommend using different fonts, I think it'll look sloppy)

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