Justified text - Make It Flush Left Instead

Bob Kennedy

The gaps between words — many of the gaps are huge … and therefore very distracting. This is caused by the apparently hardcoded setting of text alignment is “justified”.

SUGGEST: change default for Bible text to Flush Left (ragged right), or, provide a button in view settings to switch between Flush Left and Justified.

Josiah Young

I was just searching the feedback to post this if nobody else had. I agree it is distracting and unnecessary. This isn't as big of an issue on iPad fullscreen since the screen width is enough that most lines average out pretty similarly. But on iPhone, this is very noticeable, especially when using larger font. I think I would prefer to set text alignment at the app level and apply it to all my books (rather than needing to do it for every resource). But I'd use it anywhere they add it.

The ESV is justified (like Bob's screenshot), but I have noticed some Bibles are left aligned (maybe just when it is verse by verse instead of paragraph). I don't know why regular resources are justified, unless this is something that comes from the publishers. But I feel like publishers wouldn't really care since the line breaks move depending on the screen size, orientation, etc.