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Flush Left,<br />
Centered,<br />
Justified<br />
Most of the time we use flush left. This type<br />
of alignment derives from metal composition,<br />
particularly in Linotype. Formerly it was faster to<br />
keep the alignment on the left side rather then<br />
having to kern the slug for every line. It also<br />
makes more sense since in our culture we read<br />
from left to right and it is better for the eye<br />
to go to the next line than having to cope with<br />
hyphens all the time. However, it is important to<br />
control the shape of the rugged side by shifting<br />
sometimes the text from line to line to obtain<br />
a better profile. This may be time consuming but<br />
aesthetically rewarding.<br />
We use centered for lapidary text, invitations, or<br />
any rhetorical composition where it may be more<br />
appropriate, or for the address at the bottom of<br />
a letterhead, and for business cards.<br />
Justified is used more for text books,<br />
but it is not one of our favorites because it is<br />
fundamentally contrived.<br />
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