A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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justify
In letterpress printing the individual lines of a text are all meant to end with an equal margin on the right hand side of the line. In order to have one equal margin the typesetter must introduce a certain amount of blank spaces in order to compensate for the varying number of words and letters to be accomodated on each line. Justifying can also apply to vertical distances on a page.
[typography].
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