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Originally Posted by gmw
Hyphenation, when done carefully, can be an effective way to make justification work more smoothly, but you do have to be wary of using the defaults....
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The thing is, if you as the author/publisher adds hyphenation, it's there regardless of what font the end user picks, unless the formatting engine is a lot more sophisticated than I think. One of the books I've been reading recently (admittedly free Amazon/MobiPocket) has hyphens scattered throughout, and it really breaks up the flow of the story. Ah, well... Sometimes, you get what you pay for.
I constantly find myself wanting to edit my ebooks, just so when I read them again, they'll be perfect. Then, reality checks in and I start to wonder if I'll live long enough to read all the ones I have already. (shrugs)