Am 27.02.26 um 16:31 schrieb Jim:
I can’t decide which example I like best – all three have their “moments” in
some areas.
(FWIW) I have the same feeling. For reasons I can't articulate I have a
very mild overall preference for the first column. But is that only
because the river is less bad? I don't know.
Having said that, I think you erred by showing the three choices in
different colours, because different colours might affect how these are
viewed and preferred. Do I prefer the first column because of its colour
for some strange reason? I can't say.
I was also wondering if I slightly preferred the second column because
it’s black (“looks like type” or has highest contrast).
Really good “Flattersatz” is usually manual work and it’s not always
possible, depending on the text.
But as mentioned, hyphenation and underfull tolerance (or how that’s
called) settings can probably lead to better results.
It also depends on the goal – the 3rd example needs less lines, and that
might be more important than optical harmony.
It would be nice if you could document it clearly in that way:
more/less lines with more/less hyphenation/risk of rivers/whatever.
Hraban
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