Why do all the ends of lines in a book always match up?

Answer 1

They're made to match up by spacing the words and letters just so as to make it all come out even. If you'll look at a page where they match up, you can see that the spaces between the words or letters in some lines are different from the spacing in other lines. In printing, it's called "right justifying."

Answer 2

They are "justified." What this means to a printer is that more or less white space -- usually just a little bit -- is inserted between words so that the end of the last word comes out exactly even with the margin.

On any word processing program on your computer (e.g., Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, etc.) there will be a place on the tool bar for you to choose how your want the text set up: flush left (for example, the way we usually do the bodies of letters, or the way your entries on Yahoo! Answers are set up; it was about the only way you could easily type text on an old typewriter), flush right, centered, or "justified." Justified text will be flush left AND flush right.

With old linotype printers, each line of type had to have little pieces of lead inserted to make the lines come out even, or "justified." Now, of course, computers do it automatically, immediately, if you choose that line format.

Answer 3

The print is "justified" - Try it - Go into a WORD document and instead of typing with the LEFT margin lining up, click on the Justified button, and your margins too will be straight on the right & left -

Answer 4

They're printed to be that way. On microsoft word you can "justify" your lines, and it will space them so the lines come out evenly..

Answer 5

It looks neater and more confined that way - makes for a more enjoyable and constructed read.

Answer 6

They are justified.

Answer 7

funny question yeah so why shouldnt they