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Aligning text for readability

Aligning text for readability

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Aligning text for readability

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- [Instructor] One of my most unexpected high school graduation gifts was a multi-tool. It's a hand tool that combines multiple functions into a single device. It had blades, screwdrivers, pliers, and scissors. The utility was vast. Alignment in typography is like the multi-tool of graphic design. It helps designers to organize, group, balance, create structure, and facilitate reading. There are four types of alignment; left alignment, center alignment, right alignment and justified alignment. Left alignment is identified by text where each line begins at the same point to the left and has a ragged or varying edge on the right. Center alignment is when the center points of the lines of text are aligned to the same point, resulting in ragged left and right sides. Right aligned text shares the same right side endpoint but a ragged left edge. Justified text has a flush left and flush right appearance. Here I've rearranged these samples so they're organized from less inclusive to more…

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