We're talking about paragraphs of text here. It's harder to read, presents 'rivers of white' running through the text as lines stretch and contract to fit the line. it's unnatural. it's probably unaustralian somewhere too :)
some links: Rivers of white: http://www.usability.com.au/resources/cognitive.cfm More (where roger is referenced) http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_t extjustify.hcsp lisa -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Street To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: 15/12/05 15:07 Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this Really? Why not? I wouldn't have said that of justified text, but maybe my response is an aesthetic one rather than a conscious approach to readability. Is it something to do with not being able to find the line you were on at the end/beginning as easily? (And if we're going to go down this path, what of non-fixed-width sites, justified or not?) Not attacking, just... curious. Because I think justified text LOOKS nicer (n.b. not neccessarily more readable... just more enjoyable to read.) Josh On 12/15/05, Herrod, Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justified text really isn't a good idea in terms of usability/readability. > > Maybe there was a conscious effort not to support it :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Noone > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Sent: 15/12/05 14:49 > Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this > > Hi Lachlan, > > Thanks for that but I was actually wanting to center align justified > text > for a particular purpose. Evidently my experiment is invalid. > > Thanks anyway. > > -- > Paul A Noone > Webmaster, ASHM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lachlan Hunt > Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 2:35 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Justify this > > Paul Noone wrote: > > Hopefully a quick question, I hoope, as the W3C specs are no help on > > this one. > > No, they are usually always helpful but you need to know what you're > looking > for. > > > I want to centre align text and justify it at the same time. I've > > applied the following mark-up which, surprisingly, does the trick. But > > > can justify be applied as an optional extra parameter, or does this > > just work through browser quirks? > > > > text-align: center justify; > > If that does anything at all, it's a browser bug. That property should > be > ignored by a conforming browser. Centred and justified text are > mutually > exclusive options and it makes little sense to combine them like that. > However, I'm going to assume you're looking for a way to centre the box, > but > have the text justified within. In which case, this should do the > trick: > > p { width: 50%; margin: 0 auto; text-align: justify; } > > Just use an appropriate selector and width for your needs. > > -- > Lachlan Hunt > http://lachy.id.au/ > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Joshua Street http://www.joahua.com/ +61 (0) 425 808 469 ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
