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Originally Posted by HarryT
Interesting - I wasn't aware until now that ePub renderers didn't support soft hyphens! That's useful to know.
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While this is an example on a (now very) dated device, the image here is the potential horror you might run into:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28108
Similar problem with thin spaces around dashes (I just ran into this in an ebook today! " — " showed up as "?—?" on my device.)
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Originally Posted by HarryT
So if soft hyphens are out, because they interfere with searching, I guess that means that the OP is out of luck? Just have to rely on what each device gives you in the way of hyphenation?
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This also doesn't even get in the madness that is hyphenation in other languages (like German, Dutch, etc., etc., sometimes characters can change/disappear/duplicate depending on the hyphenation split).
Soft hyphens are just a horrendous solution all-around. Best to leave it up to the algorithms.