Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Monday 19 December 2005 07:14 am, Herbert Voss wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified > > right? It's a book of short stories. > > a short story of one page looks nicer with ragged right. > This is the reason why I would choose al

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-19 Thread Helge Hafting
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:14:37PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? > >It's a book of short stories. > > a short story of one page looks nicer with ragged right. > This is the reason why I would choos

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-19 Thread Herbert Voss
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? It's a book of short stories. a short story of one page looks nicer with ragged right. This is the reason why I would choose always ragged right for a book of short stories. Herbert

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-19 Thread Helge Hafting
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? It's a book of short stories. Set it justified - unless there is some special and well thought out reason for using ragged right. Sometimes ragged is the right thing, but those cases are rare. Open

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Pourciau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LyXFolks" Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 2:45 PM Subject: Re: What do you guys prefer Every book in my office and every book at my home, fiction and nonfiction, has justified text, the

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread Bruce Pourciau
Every book in my office and every book at my home, fiction and nonfiction, has justified text, the only exceptions being some children's books, in particular the ones with just a sentence or two on each page, which are set ragged right. When the text width is very narrow or the font size very l

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread José Pablo Ezequiel Fernández
On Fri 16 Dec 2005 18:33, John O'Gorman wrote: > > Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? > > It's a book of short stories. > > It's a matter of personal taste. Indeed! > To my eyes, left and right justification looks superb, while ragged > right looks amateurish. My tast

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, John O'Gorman wrote: Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? It's a book of short stories. I think that justified right creates the appearance of professionalism. Studies have shown that it is a little easier to read ragged right. It is a book of

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread John O'Gorman
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 08:38, Stephen Harris wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Steve Litt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:47 AM > Subject: What do you guys prefer > > > > Hi all, > > > > Wh

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread John O'Gorman
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 07:47, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? > It's a book of short stories. It's a matter of personal taste. To my eyes, left and right justification looks superb, while ragged right looks amateurish. There are

Re: What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Steve Litt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:47 AM Subject: What do you guys prefer Hi all, Which you guys think is better, ragged right or justified right? It's a book of short stories. SteveT I think

What do you guys prefer

2005-12-16 Thread Steve Litt
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