In answer to your actual original question...
Wouldn't it just involve setting the paragraphs container to
padding: 0 3em; text-align: center;
and then in the paragraph have something like
text-align: justify;
where 3em is the space on either side of the para to make it look centred.
<style>
div { padding: 0 3em; text-align: center; }
p { text-align: justify; }
</style>
<div>
<p>This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text.
This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This
is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is
just some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just
some text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some
text. This is just some text. This is just some text. This is just some
text. This is just some text. This is just some text. </p>
</div>
R :o)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herrod, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Joshua Street '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [WSG] Justify this
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
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-----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.
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Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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