RE: Justified versus ragged right

["Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>]

Thanks guys. I am aware of some of the arguments. Was looking for case
studies and other sources to support the argument.

Cheers,

Sean



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Subject: RE: Justified versus ragged right


Ron's post is good in that it points to most of the issues with
rag-right. You can use justification if you have sophisticated
typesetting equipment. Otherwise, it tends to look weird with "rivers"
in it. 

A point about readability: If you remove the bottom half of characters
done in lower case, you can still read at approximately the same rate.
If you remove the top half, you can't read at all. We typically read the
upper half of the characters. That's why it is easier to read lc as
opposed to caps. Just a bit of trivia. 
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