Bootstrap
Add text-justify to text utilities #41164
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Seems like an obvious omission - was this left off for a reason? Would be useful to have |
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From the docs: Note that we don’t provide utility classes for justified text. While, aesthetically, justified text might look more appealing, it does make word-spacing more random and therefore harder to read. |
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Eh, that makes zero sense. Who's struggling to read justified text? Pretty much every printed media uses it, and media outlet websites. Did they never pick up a book or newspaper? I'm not hearing of mass confusion going on 🤦 |
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In newspapers and other printed media, the font size or column width cannot be changed after printing. In addition, no trained typesetter leaves the result of justification to the automatic setting (in InDesign or Quark Express etc.). Kerning is an art that has to be learned. Browsers do not master this art. |
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Building on the answer provided by @patkon, this issue is indeed linked to accessibility. For a deeper understanding, here are two helpful references: |
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From the docs:
Note that we don’t provide utility classes for justified text. While, aesthetically, justified text might look more appealing, it does make word-spacing more random and therefore harder to read.
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.3/utilities/text/