text alignment in which both left and right edges are smooth, achieved by varying the space between words (and sometimes between characters) to make the lines of equal length.
the insertion of extra space between words in lines of type so that the left and right margins are even and smooth. Most of the type in this book is justified.
Most word processors and desktop publishing programs can automatically do the computations necessary to justify type. Problems generally arise only when the column width is too narrow, or too large a hot zone has been specified. Then you will get rivers of white space running down the column (not too attractive). To cure this, make sure hyphenation is enabled, shrink the hot zone, go to a smaller type size, or increase the column width.
