- From: Abigail <abigail@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 17:48:32 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: www-html@w3.org
You, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: ++ ++ At 9:33a 05/16/96, Dave Raggett wrote: ++ >> So just because neither Netscape nor Microsoft got around to implementing ++ >> JUSTIFY we don't get it? Somehow this doesn't strike me as very desirable. ++ > ++ >We will only get browsers with support for text justification if people ++ >are prepared to put in considerable effort and expense into developing ++ >and widely deploying browsers with this feature. To get high quality ++ >results this would have to be combined with hyphenation. I expect that ++ >this will come eventually, but it is certainly not viewed as the highest ++ >priority for vendors I have spoken with at this point. ++ ++ Besides, it's generally known that justified text is harder to read than ++ raggett-..er, ragged right. ;) That explains that most books and packages like (La)TeX use justified text. Justified text might be harder to read when using non-strechable spaces, but I doubt it's true when using strechable spaces (combined with hyphenation). Abigail -- <URL: http://www.edbo.com/abigail/>
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