From the previous InDesign tutorial I learn how to manually justify typography. To manually justify type means to arrange the space and words so that they sit flush on both sides of the text box, making a completely rectangular segment of type. I put this into practice in my recent Foundation Studio Practice module project, New Visual Language. There is a section on Modernism and Post-Modernism which contains a large amount of body copy and so precise typesetting was needed to make sure the type sits comfortably on the page and does not stick out and make the flow of reading unpleasant. So I first got rid of all the widows and orphans by either creating forced line breaks to re-arrange words on lines, or by slightly increasing the tracking to physically make the line longer. Then I moved on to the finer details, such as the rags around this text wrapped quote. I needed to justify the text which surrounded the quote, and to automatically justify it would create large rivers and so I needed to do it manually. I re-arranged the lines and words using forced line breaks, increased or decreased tracking (but no more than 20 either way or it would be too noticeable), and also increased the kerning between words, I used trial and error between these methods and worked my way along the segment until it was perfectly justified with no rivers to see.
