Re: [lojban] Updated materials

[Jim Carter <jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU>]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> > (Robin Turner <robin@BILKENT.EDU.TR>):
> > Looks good - congratualations to Nick!  Only one gripe-  it's nice to see a
> > PDF version, but it would be better if the lines were justified rather than
> > ragged right.  The same is true of PS output from the teX version.
>
> Ick.  Why?  The publishing industry has been moving away from
> justified text for years, since ragged-right text is almost always
> more readable.  Why bring it back?

Hmmm.  Of the technical journals I come into contact with, only
Communications of the ACM is ragged right, and I find it harder to read.
Looking at my own running text, I think it looks a lot better justified
than ragged right.

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