Hyphenation is not working properly

brave171 · 05-18-2025, 06:22 AM

I've been seeing a lot of hyphens where they don't belong: They're not placed as according to the (German) hyphenation dictionary.
For instance, the word "Krankenzimmer" has a proper entry in the hyphenation dictionary as "Kran-ken-zim-mer", but is rendered as "Krankenz-immer" in text. This is also not an issue caused by the file; there are no soft hyphens.

Is there a way to fix this?

The used version is 2025.04 on a PW3.

jonnyl · 05-18-2025, 01:13 PM

Is your document language set to German? (Top menu, 2nd tab, Typography rules: German).

I tested your example and it worked fine (see attachment).

brave171 · 05-18-2025, 02:01 PM

Yes, the document language is German. I can see that the hyphenation dictionary properly contains "Kran-ken-zim-mer", but somehow it is rendered falsely.

Attachments: This is how it renders for me. Also, "jüdis-chzartes" on this page is not hyphenated correctly too. As you can see, the hyphenation dictionary is not the issue, but something else.

pazos · 05-18-2025, 04:14 PM

While you think you answered the question "Is your document language set to German?" you missed the steps to verify the german typography rules are applied on the current document.

So please verify. If you still can reproduce on a German document where typography rules are set to german please say so and attach a sample document that showcases the issue.

brave171 · Yesterday, 03:08 AM

I did verify it's set to German, I just didn't bother sending a screenshot for this since it's a trivial task. But if it's needed, I attached another screenshot.

I couldn't find a hyphenation error in a short test text I made, but as said, it's not all words that are hyphenated incorrectly. I would share the document in the screenshot, but I'm afraid MobileRead forbids this, as the author died too recently.

pazos · Today, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brave171

I did verify it's set to German, I just didn't bother sending a screenshot for this since it's a trivial task. But if it's needed, I attached another screenshot.

I couldn't find a hyphenation error in a short test text I made, but as said, it's not all words that are hyphenated incorrectly. I would share the document in the screenshot, but I'm afraid MobileRead forbids this, as the author died too recently.

No need for screenshots, we trust your words

Unfortunately without a test case there's nothing we can do (and scramble isn't an option to debug hyphenation).

The test case doesn't need to be the full document. Just the minimum chunk of html + css required to trigger the bug.

I'm not sure. If you cannot reproduce in any other document on your collection you might want to try to reproduce disabling "embedded style" and see if that, somehow, affects the issue.

In any case feel free to open a ticket on github. Poire-z is there and not here and he's probably the only one it could help if this issue ends deemed as a bug

05-18-2025, 06:22 AM	#1
brave171 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2025 Device: PW3	Hyphenation is not working properly I've been seeing a lot of hyphens where they don't belong: They're not placed as according to the (German) hyphenation dictionary. For instance, the word "Krankenzimmer" has a proper entry in the hyphenation dictionary as "Kran-ken-zim-mer", but is rendered as "Krankenz-immer" in text. This is also not an issue caused by the file; there are no soft hyphens. Is there a way to fix this? The used version is 2025.04 on a PW3.

05-18-2025, 01:13 PM	#2
jonnyl Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 9526 Join Date: Jan 2021 Device: Likebook Mars	Is your document language set to German? (Top menu, 2nd tab, Typography rules: German). I tested your example and it worked fine (see attachment). Attached Thumbnails

05-18-2025, 02:01 PM	#3
brave171 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2025 Device: PW3	Yes, the document language is German. I can see that the hyphenation dictionary properly contains "Kran-ken-zim-mer", but somehow it is rendered falsely. Attachments: This is how it renders for me. Also, "jüdis-chzartes" on this page is not hyphenated correctly too. As you can see, the hyphenation dictionary is not the issue, but something else. Attached Thumbnails

Yesterday, 03:08 AM	#5
brave171 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2025 Device: PW3	I did verify it's set to German, I just didn't bother sending a screenshot for this since it's a trivial task. But if it's needed, I attached another screenshot. I couldn't find a hyphenation error in a short test text I made, but as said, it's not all words that are hyphenated incorrectly. I would share the document in the screenshot, but I'm afraid MobileRead forbids this, as the author died too recently. Attached Thumbnails

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pazos cosiñeiro Posts: 1,404 Karma: 2451781 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: BQ Cervantes 4	While you think you answered the question "Is your document language set to German?" you missed the steps to verify the german typography rules are applied on the current document. So please verify. If you still can reproduce on a German document where typography rules are set to german please say so and attach a sample document that showcases the issue.