Justified versus ragged right?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Sean Brierley wondered: <<Looking for a resource that discusses and  
compares justified and ragged-right text in terms of readability.>>

Karen Schriver's "Dynamics in document design" (1997) is getting a  
bit old, but it's still just about the best overall discussion of  
typography -- based on real research -- out there.

Bottom line: With competently typeset text, it doesn't make any  
significant difference whether you use ragged right or full  
justification. Both produce equally legible and equally readable  
type. Most typographic studies I've seen that claim an advantage for  
some form of fontography end up comparing a badly chosen and poorly  
typeset font with a well chosen and well-typeset font. As you can  
imagine, the comparison doesn't hold much water.

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