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Originally Posted by Jellby
That reminds that, as far as I know, there is no standard (or any?) way to control stretching.
In Adobe-powered readers, at least last time I checked, is not stretched, which causes uneven spacing when used between normal words, but it's probably exactly what you want if used for spacing out the dots in an ellipsis. According to your comment, the Kindles do stretch , so one can't rely on either behaviour.
If using an embedded font, one could create a custom spaced-out version of …
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Yuperdoodle, you are 100% right--there's no way to control "stretching" and trust me, it drives me INSANE. Absolutely bone-rattling, head smacking nuts. I cannot TELL you how many times each week I get proof forms from clients telling us to fix this or that, and of course, it's rivers, or stretching, for lack of a better terms. TEETH-grinding time!
They absolutely stretch between dots, between emdashes and words, between all kinds of things. (Inside tables, too, BTW...)
Hitch