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ragged right

In typography, non-uniform text at the right margin, such as the text you're reading.
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Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia (Penguin, pounds 30) is not at all daunting in a Britannica way - it's a single volume of 687 pages, clearly laid out in ragged right double columns with elegant entrynames in large, grey-tint type.
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The book would have benefited from smaller chunks--and thus more bold headings, space between paragraphs, ragged right margins, and a less formal system for the headings.
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Ragged right margins also let the spacing between words and letters stay regular.
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