Mapping cliches

[Raptori]

I was thinking about the left justified continent like in the Lord of The Ring. I think it's pretty popular.

I've never understood why that's called left justified - personally I'd call it "right aligned" if I were going for a type analogy. "Justified" text in design means taking up the full width of the area. "Left" justified means unfilled lines are aligned to the left. Left justified is the most common form of justified text, and is usually referred to as merely "justiefied", as per this image:



As you can see from that image, the alignment that appears most similar to the LOTR map is Right Align.