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Originally Posted by Avistew
Justification is the way the text looks. You know, centered, or to the left, or to the right... or "justified", which means it's made to be in a straight line both on the left and on the right.
As opposed to have it be all aligned on the left, but completely different on the right.
I have the hardest time reading anything that isn't justified, let alone an entire book. It's too bad because ePub seems like it would be pretty good otherwise.
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For me, it depends on many factors. For my own ebooks, I prefer the text to be ragged right. I find that easier to read with larger fonts that I prefer (I use 14 point Georgia as my main font).
For me, full justification is fine as long as the size of the text is not too large and the width of the column is not too thin. I don't recall many printed books with a base font size as large as 14 point (they are likely between 10 and 12 point). I do think it looks better when you use full justification if you indent the first line of each paragraph and don't double space between the paragraphs.
Full justification only becomes a problem for me when the text column is thin. For example, in some newspaper stories I've seen lines that consist of two words (one word flush left, one word flush right, and a large space between the words) because the next word is too large to fit on that line. Although it's minor, it sometimes interrupts my reading because it calls attention to itself.