Odyssey Hyphenation and Ligatures?

owly · 12-21-2011, 10:03 AM

What does the "Hyphenation" and "Ligatures" layout functions actually do to the text?

Jellby · 12-21-2011, 11:27 AM

I don't have an Odyssey, but this what what they should do:

Hyphenation: Enabling breaking up words at the end of a line, with a hyphen. So that "external" could become "ex-/ternal" (where / is a linebreak). In the Orizon, hyphenation patterns seem to be language dependent. This means that possible break points for "guerrilla" are "guer-ril-la" in English, but "gue-rri-lla" in Spanish.

Ligatures: Enable the use of ligutares, if the selected font has them. Some fonts include special glyphs for certain combination of letters, which wouldn't look very nice if they were just displayed normally. Typical cases are "fi" or "ff", but a font can define a ligature for any combination of any number of letters. If a font has ligatures, they usually look much nicer.

In the Orizon, turning hyphenation on, automatically turns ligatures on (and support for different kinds of spaces).

owly · 12-21-2011, 02:49 PM

Thanks and it the same for the Odyssey, the ligatures turn on if you turn on hyphanation.

12-21-2011, 10:03 AM	#1
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Hyphenation and Ligatures? What does the "Hyphenation" and "Ligatures" layout functions actually do to the text?

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12-21-2011, 11:27 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I don't have an Odyssey, but this what what they should do: Hyphenation: Enabling breaking up words at the end of a line, with a hyphen. So that "external" could become "ex-/ternal" (where / is a linebreak). In the Orizon, hyphenation patterns seem to be language dependent. This means that possible break points for "guerrilla" are "guer-ril-la" in English, but "gue-rri-lla" in Spanish. Ligatures: Enable the use of ligutares, if the selected font has them. Some fonts include special glyphs for certain combination of letters, which wouldn't look very nice if they were just displayed normally. Typical cases are "fi" or "ff", but a font can define a ligature for any combination of any number of letters. If a font has ligatures, they usually look much nicer. In the Orizon, turning hyphenation on, automatically turns ligatures on (and support for different kinds of spaces).

12-21-2011, 02:49 PM	#3
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Thanks and it the same for the Odyssey, the ligatures turn on if you turn on hyphanation.

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