Is this a matter of preference, or are there reasons for this? Is non-justified text more accessible? Or maybe because of smaller screens?
There are ways to work around those issues (all of them hacks: deforming characters and spaces in between), but even most professional design software doesn’t support the full range of features. Last I checked, Adobe Illustrator didn’t support that kind of granularity (though Adobe Indesign did) and neither did web browsers.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_alignment#Problems...
According to caniuse `text-align: justify` is still not widely supported [1]. At this point, with how long people have had to get used to non-justified text online, it probably wouldn't be commonly used even after it becomes widely supported.
The specs for the justify property illustrate some of the challenges in implementation [2].
[1] https://caniuse.com/css-text-justify
[2] https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-3/#text-justify-property
Additionally, just like it's harder for the eye to make out a word in all caps due to greater regularity in the image, it's also likely harder to distinguish differences in a paragraph if it's all a 'block' to the reader.
I'd imagine some people rely more heavily on the shapes of words rather than the letters or spelling itself. And then this heuristic might also carry through into the shape of a paragraph.
“[Citation needed]”. Justified text (more often than not) looks awful[1] and breaks reading rhythm (even if not consciously perceived). That doesn’t prove your claim is incorrect; I’m pointing it out to explain why I find it dubious. What’s your source to say that most people prefer it?
Justification falls apart on mobile web where too few words can fit on a line and then you get big gaps between words.
On longer lines, a ragged right edge makes a good visual guide to keep the eye on the right line while reading a wide justified paragraph is hard to keep track of while reading.
https://medium.com/@meetchopz/10-bad-typography-habits-that-...
And I like it!
