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mrandish ◴[] No.45146308[source]
I really like the content but the text blocks being justified makes it more difficult to read than it needs to be.
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FrostKiwi ◴[] No.45147341[source]
First time hearing this! I added a URL parameter `noJustify`, which removes text-justification. Eg. https://blog.frost.kiwi/dual-kawase/?noJustify

I'm not sure either way, would you say this makes it easier to read and I should make it the default?

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npteljes ◴[] No.45147471[source]
Justified, in general, looks neater, is more formal, but is a bit more harder to read as well. I personally have no issue with it either way, but to tell you the truth, from a quick check I could not find any website that uses justified text, not even the ones that I think are formal and professional. Reuters, APNews, Wikipedia, Wordpress, Medium, everything I checked is unjustified. So I think it's a conventional default, if nothing else.
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gyomu ◴[] No.45147688[source]
If you take a typography class, they will drill it into you that unjustified is the norm (and you will spend some time learning how to make pleasant rags), and that you need a VERY GOOD reason to make text justified.

How much of it is convention vs based in measurable outcomes is up for debate (maybe), but at least that’s where most every formally trained designer/visual artist in the west comes from.

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1. npteljes ◴[] No.45148281[source]
I have not taken a typography class, but norm seems to be context dependent. On the internet, unjustified seems to be the norm, looking at the random high-traffic websites I visited. Printed media is another beast though. I picked up a random book, justified, random newspaper, justified, random marketing material from my mailbox, justified.

So in this current case, since OP's blog is on the internet and not printed, I would suggest unjustified.