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Old 07-18-2022, 05:32 PM   #77
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Originally Posted by phillipgessert View Post
It's less a matter of whether the default is justified, and more a matter of the default being whatever the reader expected to find. Good book design relies heavily on making things frictionless for the reader. For ebooks, that means making sure the book behaves the way the reader expects it to.
AND, which choices won't override what the USER wants it to be. I know of no device that would not allow the user to justify the text, should s/he want, if the justification is not set (alignment/justification). But I know of plenty that won't allow you to override, if the justification is set to ragged-right (align:left) or centered or....you-name-it.


If you use align:left in a Kindle ebook, it ABSOLUTELY forces me to use RR. On the very latest generation of Paperwhite. I've returned books for it before and I would continue to do so. It irks me.

I'm far from the only one. Not saying that everything has to be my way or the highway, but if you want to be egalitarian, why force your choice on the reader, when the alternative is easier, in fact?


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