Re: Using ragged right in technical publications

[Holly Turner <hturner -at- HARBINGER -dot- COM>]

C. Wheildon, the author, does not comment on the type of justification
used in the study.  The study was done sometime between 1982-1995 by the
author himself.

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>Sent:  Monday, September 15, 1997 5:06 PM
>To:    Holly Turner
>Subject:       Re: Using ragged right in technical publications
>
>I find that very surprising.  Is that a recent study?  Way back when I took
>layout and typography (many moons ago) the research indicated that
>fully-justified text created awkward gaps (even with proportional printers)
>in
>the text and therefore slowed the reader's pace and comprehension.
>
>I hate fully-justified text produced by most printers.  However, if you're
>talking about a truly typeset book, with variable kerning and compression/
>expansion that eliminates awkward gaps I might find this easier to believe.
>
>Please send your results to the list.  It'll be interesting to hear what the
>current status is--and what kind of fully-justified text they mean.
>
>Jill Burgchardt
>

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