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Originally Posted by tompe
Maybe the penalty is just so high that I have not seen it very often and assumed it was a hard rule.
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I think the default is the same as for any hyphenated word...
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I wonder if this is true. Maybe the TeX typesetting algorithm will work for ebook readers. As I see it the most important things is that you have to typeset on the paragraph level and not just line for line.
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That would, of course, be a great improvement. But there are two remaining "problems":
- If you are going to use a small screen or a large font, the lines are going to be shorter than what's usual in printed books.
- If top-quality typography is desired, one has sometimes to add some manual tweaks here and there, or even rewrite a passage (to avoid long, hyphenated words, to add a couple of lines and prevent a widow...). This is fine if you are going to typeset once and for all, but it's not feasible for a reflowable text.
Both these things mean, in my opinion, that for ebooks one has to allow for more flexibility and be a bit more permissive than with printed books. Still, I agree there's room for improvement and we should try to get the best possible result.