RE: Justified versus ragged right

["Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>]

Thanks for that, and it's well done. I didn't find that piece on the
techcomm server.

I was surprised to see indenting the first line of a paragraph increases
readability but adding spacing between paragraphs does not. I have, over
the years, settled into block-left alignment of my work with no indent
for the first line and with a double space between paragraphs, with
lines within paragraphs single height. Probably because I am used to
this, I find this plus left-aligned easier to read than, say, justified
text with double-spaced lines, no extra space between paragraphs, but an
indented first line.

I am also struck by the fact that little recent research has been done
on readability; indeed, some of the research goes back to the 60s.

Cheers,

Sean


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Sean Brierley wrote:
> Thanks guys. I am aware of some of the arguments. Was looking for case

> studies and other sources to support the argument.
> 

Here's an STC conference paper that provides
citations galore:

http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1996/PDFs/PG230235.PDF

-- Janice

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