Text Formatting ⇒ Hyphenation Points with Penalties

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Laurentius
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Hyphenation Points with Penalties

Post by Laurentius »

Is it possible to hyphenate a word with a penalty? E.g., you may accept "aristo-telic" if necessary but wish to avoid it.
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GerlofVito
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Hyphenation Points with Penalties

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It sounds like what you're looking for is a 'soft hyphen.' It's an optional hyphen that will break the word across two lines if necessary. In TeX, you make a soft hyphen with the following:

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