THE PAGE87 Using centered, asymmetrical, and flush-right type
THESE LESS-COMMON FORMS of alignment are fine when used with limited quantities of text. The flush-right setting may be a good choice for a caption that sits to the left of a photo, so there can be a neat column of space between image and text, for example. Centered text works well with announcements, as long as there are not too many line turns for the reader to navigate, and as long as the line breaks occur logically. With centered or asymmetrical text, the designer should turn the lines for sense and appearance, with an awareness of the shape of the ragged text. Try to avoid line breaks that create a shape (unless that is the designer’s intention—for example, type that fills a polygon). ...
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