A method for displaying a text on a screen of a portable terminal includes at least one special text alignment line for aligning and displaying a text in at least one of positions above and below a normal text alignment line along which a text is normally aligned and displayed, where a text is aligned and displayed along the special text alignment line such that the text positioned on the special text alignment line has a predetermined height which is 90% or greater than the height of a text positioned on the normal text alignment line just in front of the text on the special text alignment line.