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Originally Posted by roger64
Hyphenation effect can vary according to languages. Some (German for example) use frequently longer words like others (English for example) and the visual defects the lack of hyphenation entail on a justified page display can be seen as clearly as cracks in the wall. It's also true in French.
I can ensure you that hyphenation is a standard feature applied in the printed world for some time already.  |
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
No really??? 
That doesn't mean everyone cares about it or is bothered by its lack. About the only place you see complaints about it one way or another are on forums like this. |
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Originally Posted by roger64
Well, for your enjoyment, please find in the joint attachment a copy of the page 100 of "Les Liaisons dangereuses ..." published by Durand neveu in Amsterdam and Paris in 1782. This document can be downloaded at the "Bibliothèque Nationale de France". You can see that hyphenation was already applied (three times on this page).
é-crivez
indul-gence
ou-blier
It would probably be possible to find an earlier example. But I think this one will be enough.
Congratulations to Amazon for catching the trend...  |
I do not find that very enjoyable.
In fact, I don't care in the slightest.
It could be hyphenated or not hyphenated, for all I care, and to be perfectly honest if you hadn't specifically told me it was hyphenated I wouldn't notice the difference.
I have read a couple thousand books on my non-hyphenated Kindle Touch, and enjoyed it immensely.
To be honest, it was the "reading" part that really did it for me.