A variant of the flatter set is referred to as the “Rauhsatz”, also Rausatz. A flat sentence is a text that is flush on one side and runs unevenly on the other, where words, when they reach the end of a column, are broken, causing gaps to occur at the end of the column. The Rauhsatz uses an ebendieser controller, in order to avoid these gaps. In the Rauhsatz there is a firmly defined chatter zone in which the words at the end of the line are matched by word separation. This means that the individual word is separated and thus it is hardly obvious that the actual word is a kind of flat rate, since the result appears to be flush on both sides (see block sentence).
With respect to the Rauhsatz one differentiates basically three forms: the normal Rauhsatz, which is based on a defined chatter zone and thereby separates words, which reach this; the (hand-) corrected raster set, although there is also a defined chatter zone, but is manually edited in order to obtain an ideal character image; the Swiss Rauhsatz, which is distinguished by a low chatter zone (usually below 5%), which is why it almost appears as a block sentence. The following are some examples: Example for the Flattersatz (left flush and right flush)
The example image above illustrates the flatter set. This is either left, right or left and right fluttering. On the left, the sample text is left-aligned, but flutters on the right. This creates gaps at the end of the individual columns, which is especially noticeable when you transition from the second line to the third line (the word sadipsing). On the right side it is different.
Through the Rauhsatz it is now tried to avoid this staircase structure and to split up words that reach the end of the column. In German this is mostly the choice of the German, because the German because of many Composita – thus words, composed of several others – is not suitable for the Flattersatz. The above example could look like this in the Rauhsatz: The Rauhsatz is a variant of the Flattersatz with with firm chatter zone
The above example is based on imagination, but nevertheless illustrates the basic principle. The individual words that were still in the previous example – if they were too long to fit into the column – are separated in this case in order to use the column width and thus render the text image as a whole more harmonious and avoid unnecessary gaps ,
An advantage of the roughness set, but also of the flatter set, is that the distances between the individual words are mostly uniform, which has a beneficial effect on the read flow. In contrast to this, the block set, which aligns a text to the left and right, is the line spacing. This can lead to unsightly gaps.
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A variant of the flatter set is referred to as a rough sentence, also a rendition, wherein there is a fixedly defined chatter zone in which words at the end of the line are matched by word separation in order to avoid gaps at the end of a column.
If the words are not separated, but always broken at the end of a column, it is a flat sentence. This is common in other languages, but it is not suitable for German, since our language has many composites, which can be very long, which would lead to many gaps.
Note: In the Internet is usually set to the pure (also English) Flattersatz. This is useful because there are numerous terminals which have different display sizes and thus is not clear at which point a word should be interrupted. While there are applications that do this, the word separation is usually not optimal.