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GrannyGrump · 07-25-2014, 06:26 AM

Wolfy's thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=243212 reminded me that I wanted to ask if there might be a secret trick to keep multiple closing punctuation marks from breaking onto the next line.

I've often seen things like word(nospace)em-dash(nospace)quote. And the em-dash and/or the quote mark jump down to the next line.

“But I want—
”

Or nested quote marks ’”, and it splits between the single and the double quote.

“‘Did gyre and gymbal in the wabe.’
”

Using nbsp between them does seem to keep them welded together, but adding spaces is not standard typography for American text. No space at all, at all, *ought* to work the same way as nbsp.

I've never come across a cure, but I thought I would ask in case I missed something obvious in my obtuseness... Now somebody has the opportunity to say, “No, silly, you know you can’t DO that
!”

07-25-2014, 06:26 AM	#1
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,221 Karma: 35037583 Join Date: May 2011 Location: PA {back in the usa!} Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Keeping punctuation from splitting across text-wrap linebreak Wolfy's thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=243212 reminded me that I wanted to ask if there might be a secret trick to keep multiple closing punctuation marks from breaking onto the next line. I've often seen things like word(nospace)em-dash(nospace)quote. And the em-dash and/or the quote mark jump down to the next line. “But I want— ” Or nested quote marks ’”, and it splits between the single and the double quote. “‘Did gyre and gymbal in the wabe.’ ” Using nbsp between them does seem to keep them welded together, but adding spaces is not standard typography for American text. No space at all, at all, ought to work the same way as nbsp. I've never come across a cure, but I thought I would ask in case I missed something obvious in my obtuseness... Now somebody has the opportunity to say, “No, silly, you know you can’t DO that !”