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Great content. But why use ragged-right?

• sp332 7y ago
  Because justified leads to inconsistent word and letter spacing.
  • CharlesW 7y ago
    Fully-justified text is also generally harder to read for everyone, but for dyslexic folks especially. On the web, this is exacerbated by browsers' relatively poor support for fine, print-quality type layout.
    • omarchowdhury 7y ago
      Do you have any links that explore this?
      • mattkevan 7y ago
        Studies have found that justified text reduces reading speed by up to 11% as the eye has to do more work to find the next word as they’re irregularly spaced. I did a quick search and found a PDF [0] (page 8) referencing a study from 1986, but a lot of work has been done on typography and readability over the years. Actually, even though it’s pretty old, that document is full of solid design advice. [0] http://core.ecu.edu/engl/tpc/MennoMenno/ftp/williams%202000.pdf http://core.ecu.edu/engl/tpc/MennoMenno/ftp/williams%202000....