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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
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Subject: Re: Re: why hyphenate
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 16:04:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 16:04:14 1985
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In article <889@nmtvax.UUCP> overlord@nmtvax.UUCP (Alan Kerr) writes:
>I have always found "ragged right" margins MUCH easier to read.  I think
>that it looks better too.  I have trouble reading lines that have had MANY 
>extra spaces thrown in to "justify it".   
>
>for example:
>
>words and more words of  varing length to show  you what I mean and
>then    there      will   be    lots     of     spaces    due to  a
>BigJargonWordThatDidNotFit  on the previous line which make it look
>bad and slightly unreadable etc., etc.....

That's funny.  I find that more readable than radically different line
lengths because of unhyphenated words.  To coin an example:

	words and more words of varing length to show you what I mean and
	then there will be lots of spaces due to a
	BigJargonWordThatDidNotFit on the previous line which make it look
	bad and slightly unreadable etc., etc.....

My eyes don't scan this as easily because they have to go radically
different distances on different lines.  Of course, if you drop your
anti-hyphenation, you can say

	words and more words of varing length to show you what I mean and
	then there will be lots of spaces due to a BigJargonWordThatDid-
	NotFit on the previous line which make it look bad and slightly
	unreadable etc., etc.....

and still have ragged right margins since the changes won't be so
radical.  Me, I prefer hyphenation and justification, but it is really
all a matter of taste.  Since nobody will every truly convince anyone
else, maybe we can just let this discussion fade?  Me, I'm fading right
now...... . . .  .   .     .

		Ken Arnold