Re: Using ragged right in technical publications

["M. Dannenberg" <midannen -at- SI -dot- BOSCH -dot- DE>]

Beth Agnew schrieb:

> A study done at a company I used to work for (CAL Technologies Ltd.)
> found
> that ragged right was easier to read over right justified text because
> it
> provided a "relief" factor for large blocks of text with complicated
> content. This was especially true for people who were not employed in
> very
> technical roles. It was also found that people who were continually
> immersed in technology, such as developers and engineers, felt more
> comfortable with justified and structured text when the content was
> more
> touchy-feely. This gave them a security factor when they had to deal
> with
> "wild" content. Technical "types" also preferred justified text for
> *any*
> type of documentation.

I'm sorry, but this sounds like the worst piece of pop-psychology I've
heard in quite a while. Like, yeah I'm an engineer, I get really scared
when I read something that's not about maths or computers, so at least
it should look real technical... Give me a break!

Mike

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Mike Dannenberg
ETAS GmbH & Co.KG
midannen -at- si -dot- bosch -dot- de

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