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Why would you want justification in something that's supposed to make something more readable? Justification might make text look nice, but it's terrible for re
by Sephr 15y ago
Why would you want justification in something that's supposed to make something more readable? Justification might make text look nice, but it's terrible for readability, and people with dyslexia often struggle at reading it, and the same usually goes for hyphenation.
- tastefulwords 15y ago"Readable text" does not mean the same thing for everyone. I look at it as the long tail of text formatting preferences; and I think it's everyone's right to have text look exactly the way they want -- no compromises. That's why Readable is so incredibly customizable. So don't worry: justification is optional; and hyphenation will be too.
- beaumartinez 15y agoWhy, then, are books typeset justified and hyphenated? > Justification might make text look nice. And that's bad? You have to look at text to read it; I'd rather it look "nice" and as non-distracting as possible. Perhaps "readability" is subjective, but I think text that flows evenly is easy on the eyes.
- Sephr 15y agoOn the contrary, variable spacing from justification is very distracting.