Graphics Reference
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THE OPTIMAL QUALITY of the column widths for the running text in this page spread is evident
in lines of relatively consisent length, a comfortable rag, and notably few occurrences of hyphen-
ated line breaks. This column width also appears to accommodate heads and subheads of different
sizes.
Martin Oostra Netherlands
Alignment Logic Type can be set in several different configurations called alignments.
It can be set so that every line begins at the same left-hand starting point (flush-left) or
right-hand starting point (flush-right), or with an axis centered on the paragraph width
(centered). In this case, there are two options: in centered type, the lines are different
lengths and are centered over each other on the width's vertical axis; in justified type,
the lines are the same length, aligning on both the left and the right sides. Justified text
is the only setting in which the lines are the same length. In text set to align left, right,
or centered, the uneven lengths of the lines create a soft shape on the nonaligned side
that is called a “rag.”
The alignment of text has an effect on the spacing within it and,
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