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Big aside from the actual content, but is there a name for the formatting in the text files like `freegrm4.txt`? Each line has a number of distributed extra spa

by scudd 6y ago

Big aside from the actual content, but is there a name for the formatting in the text files like `freegrm4.txt`? Each line has a number of distributed extra spaces so that every line ends with the ending of a word. It makes it really pleasant to read, kind of like a newspaper.

mockery 6y ago
I've always seen it called "justified" alignment, which appears to be the common term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_alignment#Justified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_alignment#Justifie...
- scudd 6y ago
  Thanks!
  - ksherlock 6y ago
    fmt, par, and nroff are common unix utilities that can justify text (in order of complexity). I've been told that fmt was the disk formatter on at least one oddball unix. Or maybe it's just an urban legend to keep people from running unknown commands as root.
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