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Old 05-18-2016, 10:06 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
You can make AZW3 files render with hyphenation by adding soft hyphens, but this isn't how Amazon does it. Enhanced typesetting uses the KFX file format, not AZW3. It uses a different rendering engine that performs hyphenation (and adds kerning and ligatures) without needing soft hyphens.



This thread has information learned about KFX and enhanced typesetting since last summer.

ETA: I have also written a calibre plugin that can create KFX files in conjunction with Amazon's Kindle Previewer software.
Ah, I see--I've updated the post to reflect that. Thanks for clearing that up
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