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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by a13n on Sunday March 24, 2019 @07:26AM (#19475718)
What do you expect it to do differently in that case?
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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by bhaak on Sunday March 24, 2019 @07:34AM (#19475743)
This is a problem since printed books exist.

There are lots of different options: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widows_and_orphans#Guidelines

The kindle also doesn't support proper kerning. Sorry if I told you that and you can't unsee it now.

But you can install 3rd party reading software on jailbroken kindles like koreader that fixes some of the deficiencies.

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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by gsnedders on Sunday March 24, 2019 @08:51AM (#19476048)
And we have the orphans and widows properties in CSS that provide some control across fragments, though they're not supported in Firefox (or EdgeHTML, for however much longer that matters).
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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by UsernameProxy on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:49AM (#19476641)
I was just trying to find _koreader_ on the Play Store, but am not having much luck. What's the actual name, please?
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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by bhaak on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:10PM (#19477437)
I don't know if it's in the Play Store but you can download the APK directly from GitHub: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases

Although Koreader has been originally developed for e-ink devices. I'm not sure how well it has been optimized for normal tablet screens.

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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by UsernameProxy on Sunday March 24, 2019 @05:19PM (#19478842)
Great - thanks for the link.
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Re:Hyphenation in CSS by dcuthbertson on Sunday March 24, 2019 @07:34AM (#19475740)
How about proper widow/orphan control?
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