Why don't these reading devices hyphenate their lines if they fully justify them? This isn't, for what it's worth, a problem that affects more than just these devices; plenty of text on the web is fully justified and has no hyphenation. The problem is that hyphenation is trickier than it might initially appear. To properly hyphenate a paragraph, the hyphenator needs to understand at least something about how the language that the paragraph of text is written in works.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Hyphenation in the digital age
if:book looks at the way digital reading devices treat hyphenation, a snippet:
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Here is an interesting article reviewing the new Kindle 2 device and its current woes including a scratchable screen and horrible customer service from Amazon. It also includes a basic how to guide and screenshots.
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