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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