[baruch]

I like the look of a LaTeX document better than that of a Word document by a mile.

You can probably get a Word document to look great as well but in LaTeX it happens by default. It actually provides you proper typographical advantages without you needing to know anything about them.

[CarVac]

And then you can use the package Microtype and then the LaTeX output turns into pure buttery smooth readability.

[amelius]

Very interesting.

Here's a page showing the effect of using microtype, and some tips of usage: [1]

[1] http://www.khirevich.com/latex/microtype/