How to keep words with accent together?

GraciousMe · 10-22-2012, 12:03 PM

The wordS feu d´artifice fare badly in my text, they disintegrates.

How do I code so that "d" is not separated from "artifice"?

Toxaris · 10-22-2012, 02:24 PM

try a span with the CSS attribute page-break-avoid: always.

pynch · 10-23-2012, 02:23 AM

No span necessary if you use the right character: it should be an apostrophe instead of an accent. You can get it from your character table or if you press Alt+0146. Or just use this one: ’

Toxaris · 10-23-2012, 02:47 AM

Correct, but I have seen it replaced by question marks in some readers.

pynch · 10-23-2012, 03:01 AM

Are you sure about that? I have never seen a typeface without the apostrophe, which would be the only reason I know of why that replacement could happen.

Toxaris · 10-23-2012, 06:42 AM

I am sure. Old readers, I grant that.

Jellby · 10-23-2012, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pynch

Are you sure about that? I have never seen a typeface without the apostrophe, which would be the only reason I know of why that replacement could happen.

I have seen lots of fonts without the curly apostrophe, some even without the straight one, but those often lack the isolated accent (or accented letters) too.

About line-breaking and hyphenation: most readers are crappy in that respect, and that's entirely the renderer's fault, not the ebook code's. I've seen hyphens added between an opening parenthesis and the following word, or between a word and a closing quote mark... I simply ignore this and hope (naively) that some day the renderers will behave more correctly.

10-22-2012, 12:03 PM	#1
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10-22-2012, 02:24 PM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	try a span with the CSS attribute page-break-avoid: always.

10-23-2012, 02:23 AM	#3
pynch why in? Posts: 1,630 Karma: 29896776 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	No span necessary if you use the right character: it should be an apostrophe instead of an accent. You can get it from your character table or if you press Alt+0146. Or just use this one: ’

10-23-2012, 02:47 AM	#4
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Correct, but I have seen it replaced by question marks in some readers.

10-23-2012, 03:01 AM	#5
pynch why in? Posts: 1,630 Karma: 29896776 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Aura	Are you sure about that? I have never seen a typeface without the apostrophe, which would be the only reason I know of why that replacement could happen.

10-23-2012, 06:42 AM	#6
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I am sure. Old readers, I grant that.