In this interactive web demo, @gdc shows an alternate method for text justification, called “cogent” or “semi-justified” alignment, where each line is justified if possible within a range of spacing limits, but left-aligned otherwise:
https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/semi-justified-text/

Fraser Muggeridge gave a great related talk at @ANRT this year, focused on an example from Herbert Bayer:
https://vimeo.com/1059643515
(Unfortunately the video is cut off at the end.)

Does anyone know other examples of this technique in use?