Concept: the practice of inserting various sized spaces between words and individual letters so that all lines have exactly the same length Also called, right justified The resulting text is usually harder to read than text with a ragged right edge, and is often full of 'rivers' of white space running down the column Return to top of glossary
Lines of type in a column that are flush with both the right and left column margins If only one side of the text column is flush, it is said to be right-justified or left-justified Left-justified column are also called ragged-right because the right side which is not justified tends to be uneven
Justified type is when the left and right sides align with each other and fill a columnÃs width Wordspacing and letterspacing will vary more with justified type than with nonjustified type layouts
A word processing format in which text is formatted flush with both the left and right margins Other options include left justified (text is lined up against the left margin) and right justified (text is lined up against the right margin)
A block of text that has been spaced so that the text aligns on both the left and right margins Justified text has a more formal appearance, but may be harder to read
If you think that someone is justified in doing something, you think that their reasons for doing it are good and valid. He's absolutely justified in resigning. He was treated shamefully