laura@l5.uucp (Laura Creighton) (11/25/85)
Right now there is a raging discussion about hyphenation in the usenet group net.internat. I expect to see font design arguments soon. The focus is on ``how to hyphenate foreign words'' but who knows how long that will last. -- Laura Creighton sun!l5!laura (that is ell-five, not fifteen) l5!laura@lll-crg.arpa
perlman@wanginst.UUCP (Gary Perlman) (11/27/85)
Hyphenation. I have heard rumors of experimental data showing that hyphenation makes text harder to read (by some measure). If you know a publication to that effect, please send me a pointer. Personally, I just don't like hyphenation. -- Gary Perlman Wang Institute Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731 UUCP: decvax!wanginst!perlman CSNET: perlman@wanginst
mike@fred.UUCP (Mike Jessie) (12/03/85)
> Hyphenation. I have heard rumors of experimental data showing > that hyphenation makes text harder to read (by some measure). > If you know a publication to that effect, please send me a pointer. > Personally, I just don't like hyphenation. > -- > Gary Perlman Wang Institute Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731 ___________ Hyphenation -- as the stylebook of the Oxford University Press says, "If you take the hyphen seriously you will surely go mad." (I'm sure everyone has seen that quote.) My rule is to to use a hyphen if leaving it out would confuse the reader or offend his sensibilities. Mike Jessie Integrated Solutions Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-5710 {allegra|hoo|ucbvax|amd}!nbires!fred!mike
suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) (12/05/85)
> > Hyphenation. I have heard rumors of experimental data showing > > that hyphenation makes text harder to read (by some measure). > > If you know a publication to that effect, please send me a pointer. > > Personally, I just don't like hyphenation. > > -- > > Gary Perlman Wang Institute Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731 > ___________ > > Hyphenation -- as the stylebook of the Oxford University Press says, > "If you take the hyphen seriously you will surely go mad." (I'm sure > everyone has seen that quote.) My rule is to to use a hyphen if leaving it > out would confuse the reader or offend his sensibilities. > > Mike Jessie Integrated Solutions Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-5710 > {allegra|hoo|ucbvax|amd}!nbires!fred!mike The subject under discussion is when a word is broken between two lines, and thus hyphenated (as compared with moving the entire word down to the next line), not a word that is always hyphenated, even when it falls on the same line. -- ************************************************************** Suzanne Barnett-Scott uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division (Formerly Terak Corporation) 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260