I hate justified documents and hyphenation, and love a ragged right edge. I set my E-books to display accordingly. Apparently I'm rare in this preference.
No you're not. Studies have shown text with ragged right margins is easier to read than justified text because the spacing is more natural. As for hyphenation, the same holds true. It's harder to follow a hyphenation from line to line than it is to read unhyphenated text.
Btw, if you want a more readable serif font for printed text (check out the difference between capital "I" and lowercase "l" and the number "1"), I highly recommend New Century Schoolbook or Palatino. Some forms of Garamond are popular that way, too, while others are a pain to read because of the small "x size."
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Date: 2003-02-17 01:46 am (UTC)No you're not. Studies have shown text with ragged right margins is easier to read than justified text because the spacing is more natural. As for hyphenation, the same holds true. It's harder to follow a hyphenation from line to line than it is to read unhyphenated text.
Btw, if you want a more readable serif font for printed text (check out the difference between capital "I" and lowercase "l" and the number "1"), I highly recommend New Century Schoolbook or Palatino. Some forms of Garamond are popular that way, too, while others are a pain to read because of the small "x size."