Strange formating in narrow columns

Each year I send out a newsletter in AW 10.4.6, formatted to look somewhat like a newspaper front page. This involves some more or less narrow columns. Of course this makes left-and-right justification a bit difficult. So on really ugly (space-filled) lines, I use "condense" and "expand" to fill the lines. This used to work well, but lately I find that the lines, especially the lines when "expanded," turn up slightly bold-faced and larger than they should be. They are not quite bold face or a full font larger, but still noticeably bolder and larger than they should be. Has anyone else had this problem? What might be the cause and solution? Any response will be gratefully received.
Nolan

Sounds like a problem in the way Quartz is rendering the particular font with the extend or condense attribute applied. AppleWorks predates Quartz, and wasn't updated to improve the fit when the new rendering system was introduced. Is this a screen problem, or does it persist in the printed version? Does turning on FractionalCharacter Widths (AppleWorks > Preferences > Text) help?
You might try trashing AW's preferences files (com.apple.appleworks.plist and the files in the AppleWorks folder at Mac HD > yourname > Library > Preferences).
If that doesn't solve it, try a different font, or go to left alignment and introduce some hyphenation where needed.
Regards,
Barry

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