--- Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm writing a short book called "Troubleshooting: > Just the Facts". The > intention is to make it an Ebook that can be printed > and staple bound by the > customer, if so desired. I use skip rather than > indentation to separate > paragraphs, and I think I'll probably keep it that > way. > > Right now the body text is justified, which is the > default in the Book > document class. Occasionally (maybe once every > couple pages) something > doesn't fit right and sticks out into the right > margin. > > It occurred to me that I might just make it ragged > right, but smarter people > than me argue both sides of that question. > > So what do you all think? Justified or ragged right?
It depends :) I think that there was some research in the 1980s suggesting that ragged is easier to read. I think, though, that it may depend on the width of the paper. I was having the devil of a time reading a research proposal my boss had handed me. It is justified and takes up almost the entire page. Margins are only about 1.4 cm left and right. Out of frustration, I finally did a cut & paste from Word to Lyx and set it in a two column format (APA) which is easy to read albeit justified. I think the wider the text the more useful ragged is since it serves as a cue to where the eyes are to move left after reaching the end of the line of text. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
