Re: lack of hyphenation

[Mikael Persson <mickep@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:54:07 +0100, Mats Broberg <mats.broberg@chello.se> wrote:
> Dear listmembers,
> 
> I would say that the risk of getting rivers in text typeset using TeX &
> children is minimum, as long as you choose sensible values for typesize
> and column width. And much, much less than in MS Word, InDesign,
> QuarkXPress etc.
> 
> Btw, here are a few 'Typographical Dreams' of mine, regarding ConTeXt:
> 
> - Penalty if consecutive lines have the same words typeset exactly above
> each other - e.g. in the beginning of a line, in the middle of the line
> etc. Catches your eye.
> 
> - Penalty for a hyphenated word as the last word on a page. And not
> putting it in an \mbox.
> 
> - In Swedish, if the last line in a column is the first line in a new
> paragraph, this last line is called "simple child of a whore". If the
> first line on a new page is the last line of the preceding page's last
> paragraph, this line is called "double child of a whore". Now, in
> InDesign and QuarkXPress you can set the software to move over the
> "simple child of a whore" to the next page, and, for "double child of a
> whore", to move over a few extra lines to the new page. However, this
> leaves you with a page that is one or more lines short. When working in
> these software, you can then slightly, slightly increase the spacing
> between letters on the page (perhaps only a few thousands of an em). If
> you are lucky, one of the preceding paragraph expands just enough for
> its last line move over to a second line, and you're home free. However,
> for book projects hundreds of pages long, this is something you'd want
> to automate. Don't know if it is possible in ConTeXt to automate this,
> but it would be great if it was.
> 
> Best regards,
> Mats Broberg
> 
> 

Hej Mats!

I would like to recommend the interesting document

http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/style.pdf

Mvh, Micke P

PS
Fun to see another swede here on the list
DS