Read on TwitterAO3 authors—plz entertain my tiny request
The Case Against Justified Texthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">AO3 authors—plz entertain my tiny requesthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">Consider *not* justifying your text. Publishers spend lots of time tweaking character spacing to avoid large gaps between words. Sadly, we can& #39;t do this on AO3, so the result can be difficult to read.+" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">The Case Against Justified Texthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">AO3 authors—plz entertain my tiny requesthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">Consider *not* justifying your text. Publishers spend lots of time tweaking character spacing to avoid large gaps between words. Sadly, we can& #39;t do this on AO3, so the result can be difficult to read.+">
The Case Against Justified Texthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">AO3 authors—plz entertain my tiny requesthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">Consider *not* justifying your text. Publishers spend lots of time tweaking character spacing to avoid large gaps between words. Sadly, we can& #39;t do this on AO3, so the result can be difficult to read.+" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">The Case Against Justified Texthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌸" title="Kirschblüte" aria-label="Emoji: Kirschblüte">AO3 authors—plz entertain my tiny requesthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">Consider *not* justifying your text. Publishers spend lots of time tweaking character spacing to avoid large gaps between words. Sadly, we can& #39;t do this on AO3, so the result can be difficult to read.+">
+Why is this important? Our brains are programmed to notice *changes* in patterns—it& #39;s a defense mechanism. It& #39;s why a lion can spot tiny prey among a field of grass. When you justify text on AO3, your readers& #39; brains are tasked with noticing the subtle changes in word spacing.+
+Thanks for taking the time to read! I hope you& #39;ll consider using left-aligned text for your next work. That way, your readers can focus on your amazing words, rather than the gaps between them. (Sorry if this sounded curt, I& #39;m trying to squeeze within the character limits).
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