If you’ve been reading GotChance for a while, you’d know that I used to have Justified text alignment on the content of blog posts. I had always thought that it was cool to have the right and left margins set evenly. But I was wrong. I came to know that Justified alignment was difficult to scan, read than a normal left-aligned text.
Another problem with Justified alignment is the "rivers" as you see in the picture to your right. They are some continuous gaps that run down the paragraphs, which make them visually less appealing. Considering all these, I’ve switched over to Left-aligned text.
Coming back to the title of the post, which alignment should you choose for your website ? There is no point arguing over this one. Definitely, left-aligned text is much better than justified text. So, if, by chance, your blog theme has justified text, it is better to remove it. But, How ? I’ll tell you.
Text if often justified using CSS. If you look through your Stylesheet (.css file), you’ll find some like this:
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text-align: justify;
Just remove that and the justification is gone. Text will assume the default alignment, that is the left-alignment.
I just noticed the “river” thing today. Oh,another entry for my computer vocabulary. I never used justified as my text-alignment. I just find text-alignmnt more easy to read.
i like “justify” in a longer text. but its more a design thing for me *g*
I do “Justify” on each & every line of my text. It is the best option for putting the text in a proper way to read.
I admit that I like the appearance of left and right justified text. But there are times it may not look right so I think left justified is indeed the safe way to go.
Hi friend, this tip is really good.Just after reading this i understood the importance of content alignment.Thank you.
I also prefer justified alignment for my text content. I think it looks better because there’s balance between the left and right margins. but we each have our preferences.
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