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 ******************************************************
