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by galaxyLogic 1541 days ago
> your eyes have an easier time picking the correct next line.

Are you saying that right-aligned text is easier to read? Are there any studies on that? If that's the case then why isn't everybody like HN for instance already right-aligning their content?

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Right alignment is just less common in general, right? It requires knowing how long a line of text is before rendering the line of text, and the more complicated implementation makes it probably the least used form of justification for blocks of text. (Of course computers make right justifying free)
Not aware of any studies, but I wrote a book experimenting with different typographical structures and this was my own conclusion.