It isn't Terminal that is justifying the text. The man app is doing it. Furthermore, normally man is displaying the text using a mono type so that it is easy to justify using spaces after a period. Why they develop man to do so is a matter of their aesthetics, probably goes back a long time.
Bill On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Lawrence San <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tracking and kerning should be left out of this this discussion, since they >> should play no role in H&J > > You're right, for the most part they should play no role. It's been so long > since I've worked with justified type for print that I didn't remember > clearly all the preferences and tradeoffs I used to experiment with. On the > other hand, I seem to recall some printed newspapers with narrow columns > using obvious tracking as part of their justification routines, resulting in > rather ugly type. > > I'm still curious why Terminal uses justified type for man pages, and why > somebody would want justified type in a plain-text file. > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, > please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
