Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: flush left
flush left
an arrangement of text with each line starting at the same horizontal position, making a neat left edge. Flush left, ragged right means that the length of the lines are allowed to vary. The right edge looks like a torn piece of paper-in other words, ragged.
This is
an example of some
flush-left type.
Flush left is how type is ordinarily arranged on a typewriter. Contrast center; flush right; justification.
