Re: To Justify or Not To Justify

Judith,
    I agree with both Darrell and Gary, it that helpful?
Cheers Frances

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: To Justify or Not To Justify


> I vote no, although that is from moor of a subjective stance than an
> educated one.  I can see it with print as there's less glare and more
> control, but I've always found reading from a monitor is fatiguing enough
> with tossing irregular kerning and other spacing anomalies into the mix.
>
> I think justifying on the Web makes the display look more balanced and
neat
> at a glance but also leaves the copy harder to read.
>
> D
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judith Kallos" <hwg-lgmanager(at)hwg.org>
> To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:48 AM
> Subject: To Justify or Not To Justify
>
>
> Hey, all!  :)
>
> Just wanted to run this by you all and get your input...
>
> What are your thoughts on justifying?
>
> Should one justify all text on every page of every site that is created?
>
> Or is there a time and place for justifying?
>
> This has come up on several occasions with the most recent being that by
> not justifying you make your site /more/ difficult to read.  I was also
> told justifying is a standard design staple that should automatically be
> integrated on all sites from the start.  That's the first time I've seen
> the issue of justifying put into that perspective as though it is an
> unwritten rule.  One I've never read about in regards to Web
> sites  anyway.  But heck, ya learn something new every day - right?  ;-)
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
>
> Virtually,
> Judith
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