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A couple more examples like this I came across while reading were "alarm-ing", "usu-ally" or "Riv-iera". Do they all seem correct to you ? Quote:
I was just under the impression that Kepubs were not actually tanking into account the left and right length constraints specified in the dictionary itself. It may have been the book I was reading, tho. Maybe something around the language metadata not being correct. |
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12-01-2021, 12:37 PM | #33 |
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I have the same issue with a Polish hyphenation dictionary right now. When I set left and right characters minimum limit to 3, KEBUB files somehow render 2 characters before a hyphen - should I increase the limit to 4?
I've seen mentions of symlink - what is that? Wysłane przez Tapatalka |
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Higher/lower numbers let certain rules override other rules. I recently explained Hyphenation Dictionaries in a simpler form a few months ago: Quote:
Especially see the "Documentation" section:
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In British English, many words hyphenate based on the root words. In 2014, I posted a few examples of American vs. British Hyphenation differences:
A great way to find valid hyphenation points is to search your word on M-W.com: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memory "mem-o-ry" is the syllables. But you're correct with "mem-ory". In English typography, it's best to have >=3 letters after the final hyphen. If you look up "cryptography", you can see the American is "cryp-tog-ra-phy". Not all words follow the syllables though, and there are exceptions. "therapist" is a funny example... "the-rapist". Seeing that in a book would make you look twice! If you look it up, the correct hyphenation is actually "ther-a-pist". Side Note: For British English hyphenation, the Oxford Dictionary (now known as Lexico) used to have actual hyphenation points listed like Merriam-Webster... but maybe 5 or 6 years ago, they redid their website and removed it. I was in the middle of researching detailed American vs. British differences when it happened. Really makes me wish I backed that stuff up when I had the chance. Quote:
If we apply the "need to end with >=3 characters", the bad "-ly" hyphen disappears... so your "usu-ally" is correct. Now let's say you wanted to hyphenate:
same thing. The ending "-ly" is only 2 characters, so it shouldn't split there, so you'd get:
Note: In French, 2/2 characters to the Left/Right is valid. See Hyphenation.org + my descriptions way above. Quote:
So an "en" dictionary only applies to English + a "de" dictionary would only apply to German, "fr" to French, etc., etc. On Kindles, this hyphenation even goes down to the word-level. See jhowell's "Kindle hyphenation" post from 2021. I'm unsure on most other devices/apps. Quote:
Hmmm... but I'm not sure on Kobo's quirks. According to JSWolf's Post #14, KEPUB has an off-by-one bug... so you'd have to specify 3/3(???) in your dictionary. JSWolf, has this bug been fixed? Has it been reported to Kobo? Does it still apply to the latest firmware? Quote:
Might want to also add Finnish. I recently promoted Kobo's openness (with Hyphenation Dictionaries) in a Reddit post. (The original poster wanted to create a two-column bilingual book... turns out he's Finnish. When I went looking for Finnish support in Kobos, I couldn't find any info.) Last edited by Tex2002ans; 12-01-2021 at 08:44 PM. |
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