Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-align] Add shorthands for alignment properties

Does anybody have a good source on the origin and reasoning behind 
using the word 'justify' in typography and typesetting? I'm rather new
 to all this (web design and typography) and that is one of the terms 
I still don't 'get' in this context. In my head, instead of 
'justify-content' the phrase 'horizontal-align' makes more sense. Then
 'align-content' could be 'vertical-align', and then the shorthand for
 both could simply be 'align'. Again, apologies for any ignorance on 
my part, as I am still 'struggling' with the logic of the 'justify' 
term, among others, in the context of typography.

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