#1271: Highlighting

((Today’s strip is a single panel with several paragraphs of text, each highlighted in a different way. Whether these are pleasing or not is illustrated with a red cross or green tick.))

[[A paragraph of text is shown. The highlight starts away from the leftmost edge of the highlight, and is a different distance to that between the rightmost edge of the highlight & the highlight end. Red X.]]

[[A paragraph is shown. The highlight’s starting point, end point, and number of lines included is such that there is an internal square in the middle, illustrated in green. Green tick.]]

[[A paragraph is shown. Not only does it have an internal square, but the distance between the leftmost edge and the highlight start point is the same as the distance between the rightmost edge and the highlight end point. Green tick.]]

[[A paragraph is shown. The entire paragraph is highlighted, making one big rectangle. Green tick.]]

[[A paragraph is shown. The whole paragraph is selected, but the highlight starts away from the leftmost margin. This is shown with a red box, an arrow, and “?!?!”. Red X.]]

[[A paragraph is shown. Over the top is overlaid “[Clicking to highlight textis disabled]”. Many, many red Xes.]]

I absentmindedly select random blocks of text as I read, and feel subconsciously satisfied when the highlighted area makes a symmetrical shape.