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Instead of following the flow of words along even spacing, users have to find the start of each new word. The Royal National Institute of Blind people (RNIB) strongly recommend websites do not use justified text. Modern websites are all about the user.
- Should you justify text on a webpage?
- Why you shouldn't use justified text?
- When should you use justified text?
- Should academic text be justified?
Should you justify text on a webpage?
Justifying text disrupts that even texture. Even if a page layout program is using subtle letter-spacing, or adjusting the width of the letters – these things, too, will make the texture uneven. So, justified text should really be avoided not just on the web, but whenever possible.
Why you shouldn't use justified text?
Unjustly justification
A consequence of using block-justified texts is creating gaping chasms or rivers of white between words. “Those “jagged” text block edges that text-justifiers are trying to get rid of actually make the text easier to read.
When should you use justified text?
Compared to left-aligned text, justification gives text a cleaner, more formal look. Justification works by adding white space between the words in each line so all the lines are the same length. This alters the ideal spacing of the font, but in paragraphs of reasonable width it's usually not distracting.
Should academic text be justified?
The text of your paper should be left aligned, NOT justified, as justified text is hard to read if it hasn't been professionally typeset. The default in Word is left alignment so don't change it.
