In reply to Turnip: a Bookman-like serif face with rounded outer shapes and squarish inner shapes:
I must be expressing myself poorly, because I actually agree with almost everything you just wrote.
Okay, yes Hrant — from your restatement, it sounds like we’re on the same page. My apologies if I misread or over-reacted earlier.
I shouldn't have to look at small text and try to guess how it will look at a usable size.
J. Tillman — Yes, this is an unfortunate side-effect of having certain standardized showings.
And I would prefer unjustified text
Indeed - there's no gauging the spacing otherwise.
I’ll let you in on a little secret: FB text specimens are carefully composed so that the justified text is very close to the natural word spacing of the font. Shown here is the justified Turnip setting (left), compared with the same in a flush-left setting (right):
