left-justified

Text hugs margin

Left-justified describes text aligned flush against the left margin, with a ragged right edge.

This is the default alignment for most Western writing: The document was left-justified with standard margins.

Also called flush left or ragged right.

The opposite is right-justified.

typesetting

ragged-right

Unaligned right margin

paragraph · typography · typeset · formatting · tabulation · lineation · spacing · monospaced · columnar · line-break

Opposites
text alignment direction

left-justifiedright-justified

Text flush with right margin

flush right · centered · justified

text distribution pattern

left-justifiedjustified

Shown to be right

Family

left, justify, justified, justification, justice, just, unjust, unjustified, justifiable

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G