Testing justified text - still unsure if it flows better than non-justified left aligned. Thoughts?
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Jul 15th, 2005 at 1:35 am
Not bad. No complaints. :)
Jul 15th, 2005 at 6:44 am
I personally like the justified; it just looks neater to me. Gives the page a blockier sort of look, though, which you may not really want.
Jul 15th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Hence why I’m still not quite sure. :)
It does look neater though.
Jul 15th, 2005 at 9:06 am
Hmm, does look neater but I just dont feel that a screen can carry off justified as well as print does, or indeed hand kerned/tracked/whatever justified text.
Certainly not offensive tho.
Jul 15th, 2005 at 4:35 pm
Agreed. Justified is okay, I tend to like how it looks. Boxy and clean. That said, I do think it slides down the usability scale just a bit, it’s not as easy to read/scan. The variance in lengths from line to line help readers stay on the right track, er, line.
Jul 15th, 2005 at 10:05 pm
.. pretty much what I have been thinking - it looks better, however the payoff is that readability suffers a little.
I’ll leave it as is for now, but may look at removing justification from some elements..