Timeline for Does hyphenation increase readability?
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| Oct 3, 2013 at 17:30 | comment | added | DA01 | @horatio, that's funny, but note that therapist would be hyphenated after the 'ther'. :) (But it's still a very valid point!) | |
| Dec 27, 2012 at 23:35 | history | edited | plainclothes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 29, 2012 at 20:23 | comment | added | Ian Graham | @LaurenIpsum You make a good point. It's a decision of stylistic preference to not hyphenate. When I do so, it's short form text and I track the type to control rag and rivers. | |
| Nov 29, 2012 at 20:18 | comment | added | Ian Graham | @e100 I was talking about flush left. | |
| Nov 29, 2012 at 13:26 | comment | added | e100 | @Ian: Are you talking about justified or flush left text or both? | |
| Nov 28, 2012 at 15:19 | comment | added | horatio | Vigilance is the key though: if they are as invisible as you think, they are harder to proof. I think "the-rapist" is second only to "pubic funding" in unfortunate tpyos and errs. | |
| Nov 28, 2012 at 1:19 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | Personal opinion, because I have nothing to back it with other than 20 years of typesetting experience: I would ALWAYS choose hyphenated text over crazy rags or huge rivers in justified text. Hyphens are essentially invisible, and if you set the program correctly (that is, no two-letter breaks) and proof your work (to avoid the-rapist for therapist), 95% of the time hyphens make text easier to read. | |
| Nov 27, 2012 at 16:57 | history | answered | Ian Graham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |