Also a good way to check if your justification is 'pleasing to the eye' is to turn H&J violations. It's a tool that highlights any possible problems with spacing and such. (To turn it on, go to Edit --> Preferences --> Composition --> H&J violations)
Interesting...Whenever i hear about rules i usually look through other publications to get an idea of whats "right and wrong".....i have magazines here that mix left and justified from page to page, some mags use left only and some justify only...i just do what feels and looks right. Nobody seems to complain about readability etc...i think sometimes to much emphasis is placed on the "right way" ...most people dont care they just read the text and thats it, its only "experts" who seem to make a big deal out of it....
Many times my clients ask me to justificate the text, and also don’t hyphenation…I am thinking to send this video to them,, just to see if they understand… and yes, I use all the tricks you have showed. But left alignment is better , there is no problems with lines, etc…
One of my issues with hyphenated text is that for many dyslexic adult readers it is much harder to read. There is some data showing it to be helpful for certain dyslexic children when learning to read, but overall for adults this is a problem. Justified text can also be problematic for these readers due to the odd spacing.
Just an FYI hyphenated text makes it less disability compliant as text readers can’t usually read the whole word any more. They are fine for print, just thought I’d share since I often use a text reader.
Thanks Matthew, I didn't mean to make it sound like they are the same thing, sorry if it wasn't clear. I was only mentioning these terms when Letter Spacing came up for Justification settings. As far as I know both Tracking and Kerning are methods for adjusting Letter Spacing, Tracking adjusting it globally on larger amount of text, and Kerning adjusting individual spaces between specific characters. Even though they are slightly different, they are still both Letter Spacing methods. Please correct me if I'm wrong! 🙌
Hi. Thank you for great tips. The argument that left-align text is easier to read (than justified) makes sense as: "[soft edge align on the right side] is easier to read because it's easier to follow where you are currently in the text since each line is slightly different in length." as you said. At the same time, I noticed when continuously reading the text lines, going "back" to the left side (of the text-block) into the new line of text - created the same kind of "problem" as there is a hard-edge align on the left. It was harder to recognize/distinguish in which line to continue to read because each line starts at exactly the same place. Any opinion? Could a solution be centered text align?
I would say try a larger gap in between your sentences, until the problem at least is partially addressed, but I don't know if I can suggest more than that. Maybe it will eliminate it entirely! :)
Also a good way to check if your justification is 'pleasing to the eye' is to turn H&J violations. It's a tool that highlights any possible problems with spacing and such.
(To turn it on, go to Edit --> Preferences --> Composition --> H&J violations)
This is a great point, thanks for the comment!
which software?
@@DarkPa1adin InDesign
Fantastic video! Left alignment just makes life easier. But now knowing how to properly justify text is brilliant. Thanks
This is actually the best video I've seen on the topic... Awesome!
This extremely helpful, especially for this new graphic designer.👏👏👏👏
Never considered doing left aligned text and didn't know about the balanced option. Thank you as always.
Thank you!. I need justified text for my project and you have helped me immensely. Subbed.
Great Video. Thank you for sharing this.
Interesting...Whenever i hear about rules i usually look through other publications to get an idea of whats "right and wrong".....i have magazines here that mix left and justified from page to page, some mags use left only and some justify only...i just do what feels and looks right. Nobody seems to complain about readability etc...i think sometimes to much emphasis is placed on the "right way" ...most people dont care they just read the text and thats it, its only "experts" who seem to make a big deal out of it....
Simple but valuable tricks👍 thank you
Many times my clients ask me to justificate the text, and also don’t hyphenation…I am thinking to send this video to them,, just to see if they understand… and yes, I use all the tricks you have showed. But left alignment is better , there is no problems with lines, etc…
One of my issues with hyphenated text is that for many dyslexic adult readers it is much harder to read. There is some data showing it to be helpful for certain dyslexic children when learning to read, but overall for adults this is a problem. Justified text can also be problematic for these readers due to the odd spacing.
Again a great video! Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking
forward to another awesome upload! Take care and stay in touch! 🌻😍🌻
Just an FYI hyphenated text makes it less disability compliant as text readers can’t usually read the whole word any more. They are fine for print, just thought I’d share since I often use a text reader.
That's a great point, thanks so much for the useful comment Holly! 👏
Thanks for sharing
This is really useful!! Thank you.
nice video, good job (tracking and kerning are 2 different things though)
Thanks Matthew, I didn't mean to make it sound like they are the same thing, sorry if it wasn't clear. I was only mentioning these terms when Letter Spacing came up for Justification settings. As far as I know both Tracking and Kerning are methods for adjusting Letter Spacing, Tracking adjusting it globally on larger amount of text, and Kerning adjusting individual spaces between specific characters. Even though they are slightly different, they are still both Letter Spacing methods. Please correct me if I'm wrong! 🙌
Informative!
I wish I could like this video more than once...
Got something thanks
justified with manual kerning = best?
You really rather good, aren’t you? Many thanks.
Please do After Effects | Motion Graphics
Very cool. This something I did not know about, although I am a bit of a noob with InDesign. How does this translate over to CSS?
Hi. Thank you for great tips. The argument that left-align text is easier to read (than justified) makes sense as:
"[soft edge align on the right side] is easier to read because it's easier to follow where you are currently in the text since each line is slightly different in length." as you said.
At the same time, I noticed when continuously reading the text lines, going "back" to the left side (of the text-block) into the new line of text - created the same kind of "problem" as there is a hard-edge align on the left. It was harder to recognize/distinguish in which line to continue to read because each line starts at exactly the same place.
Any opinion?
Could a solution be centered text align?
I would say try a larger gap in between your sentences, until the problem at least is partially addressed, but I don't know if I can suggest more than that. Maybe it will eliminate it entirely! :)
Never ever justified if you want the text to Be read 🤗
My grade is impacted by whether or not my words are hyphenated
Every book i ever read had justified text...