"Hannes Lilljequist" wrote:
Justified text is just plain bad on the web if you ask me.
Granted that you said "if you ask me", I would only add that justified text is not "plain bad" or "plain good" in any display medium. It is "more bad" or "less good" when the __line length__ is long than when the __line length__ is short. No matter whether on paper or on-screen, fully justified text becomes harder for humans to read as the line length gets longer. This is, mostly, to do with the between-word spacing, because human beings do not read letters and words individually, they read them in varying sized chunks [much research on this topic is available]. Anyway, I'm just offering that it's not "the web" which is problematic for justified text, it's the length of the line. In a narrow column, humans can often read faster and with more accuracy when the text is justified. Hyphenation is -- always -- an issue in type setting, and you are right to raise that as a consideration. -- inkfree