Fluttering
Ragged (anaxialer set asymmetrical set) designated in the typography a kit form , wherein the lines run unevenly (open lines case ).
Variants of the flutter set
- Left-justified flutter sentence: The standard form in which the lines are flush at the beginning, the first letters are - except for paragraph indentations - in one column below one another.
- Right-justified flutter sentence: The text is justified on the right-hand side of the paragraph, the beginnings of the text "flutter" on the left. Common, for example, for short pieces of text in advertising and captions; Unsuitable for longer texts, as contrary to the reading habit.
- Free sentence (free line case ): The position of the lines standing one below the other is designed manually according to optical aspects without any obvious orientation on an axis.
- Central axis sentence (centered sentence) , a special form that is neither flush left nor right, but does not flutter freely either, but is oriented towards the middle of the column.
Application of the flutter rate
In contrast to justified justification , the spaces between words are not driven out to line width. Reaches a word the predetermined column rand, it is in the next line wrap (English ragged) . This leads to a stair structure on the right edge of the column. In the German language with its numerous compound words , this form is not very common, which results in a very restless typeface due to the prevention of word separation at the end of the line. Here, the flutter sentence with word separation within a separation zone given in word processing at the end of the line is common ( rough sentence ).
In the case of an “ideal” flutter, the lines are optically rhythmic, for example alternating between short, long, short, long. If certain separations or line runs are perceived as annoying, they can be corrected manually by reducing or increasing the spacing between words and letters and by using separating joints ( spaces ).
In addition, for some types of text, the flutter substitute is appropriate for aesthetic reasons; especially poems in which the stair-like structure is part of the appearance of the text and is sometimes used as an active design element.
See also
- Legibility , the quick recognition of text - on the question of justified or fluttering?
- Readability , the ability to understand text quickly
literature
- Stephan Füssel, Helmut Hiller: Dictionary of the book . Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-465-03495-7 .
Web links
- Ragged at typolexikon.de