Non-Justified Text - Is it just me?

[Mochudubh]

I was trying to read this on another thread but the text isn't fully justified and I think it looks sloppy and unprofessional. I was taught to always justify text as it looks more professional, but I am old.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/coronavirus-no-back-normal

I'd like to enable voting but can't see how to.

I'm fully aware that this is not the most pressing issue of the day but it annoys the hell out of me anyway.

YANBU

Oddly, I was taught that fully-justified text is harder to read.

Fully justified text is harder to read with all the random padding and just looks stupid. Thankfully it seems to be dying out.

Justified text is harder to read and very formal. It's customary to use left alignment if writing something that is intended to be 'approachable'.

I prefer justified and I always used to justify, however recently I was told to not do so anymore because of accessibility reasons. I think it is that some people with either dyslexia or dospraxia struggle with reading it? Or am I entirely confusing that

OK, arse handed to me.

I still think it looks shit. I will die on this hill. .

Justified all the way! Left hand alignment and Times New Roman look old fashioned.

Sadly I was contemplating this last night in bed! 😂

Left and Right justification is harder to read because you get odd word spacing. You can also end up with strange 'rivers' through the text due to the unusual word spacing.

I prefer unjustified too, much faster to read.

Justified type is absolutely fine if you use software that is capable of doing it properly (i.e. not Word).

Am going to save this thread as I have this argument a lot with clients who want justified text (and it looks shit).

I do legal writing for work and we use left-aligned text.

YABU, as others have said justified text is proven to be much harder to read. Unjustified all the way ...

Pretty sure full justification goes against accessibility guidelines. Personally I hate the uneven spacing it generates.

@Chouetted

Oddly, I was taught that fully-justified text is harder to read.

I was taught this too when I worked as a management consultant for a Big Six consultancy firm.

So YABU

Totally agree with you, OP, it looks shit!

Nope, not a fan of justified and our company default is unjustified

I'll die on that hill with you op!

I’ll die with you too - unjustified looks scruffy

I'm not aware of any word processor that does a good job of justifying text. Even in the world of publishing, where it is probably at it's most advanced, it is checked manually as it's not perfect.

So while I agree that beautifully justified text is a wonderful thing, I would rather for most purposes, text be left aligned because it's rarely done well. Outside publishing, that is.