On the iPad, this then allows iBooks to support
hyphenation in v1.2...
I have not seen many capabilities of the device: is there
any hyphenation in the text, how to work with footnotes, whether they are visible on the same page or not, whether can upload my own fonts and dictionaries.
I could understand that Amazon and other eBook manufacturers might not have wanted to include full
hyphenation in their devices because the dictionaries necessary to do so might have bloated the firmware, while the actual look - up might have slowed down the page display.
But it's not just «misspellings» that Amazon is flagging, it's poor formatting: line breaks where they shouldn't exist, forced
hyphenation in inappropriate locations, erroneously swapped characters like zeros for «o's.
The second important requirement for such programmes is correct mapping of text (
hyphenation in accordance with the rules of your language, convenient display of footnotes, supporting of different styles that are used in the titles, epigraphs, quotations, footnotes, the main text and opportunity to tune them for your covenience (read about parametres of fonts in details in section «Fonts of electonic books»).
The device has full support for most text formats, correct
hyphenation in the texts in Russian.
Not exact matches
We also hear Amazon is working on allowing books to be presented with
hyphenation, eliminating the awkward right hand margins, but it's not clear if that will be
in the new software or not.
A lot of software improvement: — option to switch off footers and headers
in EPUB and KEPUB files; — text rotation (landscape mode)
in EPUBs; — automate
hyphenation for non-English e-books; — PDF support (for reading not for displaying); — dictinaries other than English; — Send - to - Kobo wireless service for user's e-books.
Interestingly,
hyphenation is a nightmare as many readers don't support it or will display hyphens
in strange ways no matter how you try to program them.
All this means is that if you enter a code registered
in another country you need to make sure that you enter your ISBN number exactly as it was given to you including
hyphenation.
(Without
hyphenation, it's necessary to employ ridiculous word spacing, depending on the words
in a given line, to keep the right side flush.)
It also employs new features including bookmark, dictionary, full - text search, copy and paste, day / night themes, table of content, progress bar,
hyphenation support as well as sharing your favorite texts / quotes
in a book.
Any layout engine that doesn't do
hyphenation should default to ragged - right justification — but a dedicated e-reader
in 2012 has no excuse for not including a good auto -
hyphenation algorithm.
Better
hyphenation (kepub reader can hyphenate words
in the wrong place if they have trailing punctuation)
With improved character spacing and the addition of
hyphenation, justification, kerning, ligatures, and drop cap support, our best -
in - class typography helps you read faster with less eyestrain.
As Friedlander says to Penn, such issues can include running heads that appear on chapter pages (and shouldn't), lost
hyphenation (leaving «big spaces
in the lines»), and,
in many cases, no copyright page.
Inconsistencies: Sometimes English allows a bit of latitude
in spelling (British vs. American spellings),
hyphenation, numbers (writing them out or using numerals) and capitalization.
And they'd use the return key (or possibly the shift - return combination) to force a line break
in the middle of the paragraph — to avoid
hyphenation, for example.
I can not conceive a book without
hyphenation, not
in paper, not
in electronic format.
In my previous column, Understanding Content Conversion: Unfortunately, There's No «Easy» Button, I examined the various areas that trip up the eBook conversion process — special characters, tables,
hyphenations, and so on.
As an author I have constantly been surprised that none of the eBook readers
in the market seems to support proper
hyphenation, not even the HTML - implemented soft
hyphenation.
Rich features including bookmark, dictionary, full - text search, copy and paste, day / night themes, table of content, progress bar,
hyphenation support as well as sharing your favorite texts / quotes
in a book
In this article from The Guardian the author (and commenters) talks about their experience reading Kindle eBooks and how images, typos and mis -
hyphenations ruin the experience.
Hmmm... the same was happening on my PW2 as well... no
hyphenation on an existing Amazon book that was
in progress on my device.
I brought a Kindle 3
in Germany because to read ebooks
in DRM free (ed) epub, chm, and html - books with the FBReader on the Kindle, - This reading app got the lovely feature to enable Soft -
Hyphenation, - put the Fonts u like to the corresponding folder to use it, - free margin adjustment, to use the choosen font instead of a possible CSS - includes epub.
I'd bet that the Pratchett / Snuff typo was the result of using an optional
hyphenation code or a non-breaking space or something equally silly; installed by a lazy typesetter to fix a run
in a dead tree edition, missed when generating the output epub because it was (a) standards compliant (i.e. used the right character codeset), (b) invisible to the naked eye when previewing the DTP file on screen, and (c) the epub reader they looked at the file
in didn't have the same bug as Amazon's file filter and displayed it correctly.
We create Professional print quality PDF by following all the steps involved
in typesetting (Choosing a font, fixing widows and orphans,
hyphenation violations and so on).
It makes sense to me that these very small improvements
in character placement — combined with updates
in word spacing, the addition of
hyphenation and drop caps to emphasize the first word of a chapter — will add up to better readability for the Kindle 3.
It noted right off that Gorsuch twice failed to hyphenate «common law»
in the phrase «common law rule,» and suggested that
hyphenation is preferred.
When this style is selected, PerfectIt also checks spelling, capitalization,
hyphenation and italicization
in legal terms based on Black's Law Dictionary; finds errors
in case citations based on The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation; and suggests style tips from The Red Book: A Manual On Legal Style by Bryan Garner and The Elements of Style by Strunk & White.
If you still are unsure about using fully justified text with
hyphenation, you can find comfort
in the fact that both the United States Supreme Court and the Solicitor General use this type of justification
in their opinions and briefs, respectively.
But Butterick is right that
hyphenation reduces the awkward white space and breaks that can appear
in fully justified text without
hyphenation.
To do that, it ensures consistency (within a document and across multiple documents) and enforces best practice
in usage and
in language composition, visual composition, orthography (including spelling, capitalization,
hyphenation, and other punctuation), and typography.
Perplexing
hyphenation aside, Diesel say this app will serve as a «wingman» to the wearer by providing important notifications
in a «distinctly Diesel way».
Keyboarding Practices - Tests your knowledge of preferred practices
in such areas as letter format, capitalization,
hyphenation, plurals, possessives, word division, word and figure style for numbers, and common proofreading marks
in addition to proofreading exercises.
Keyboarding Practices - proofreading and knowledge
in preferred practices such as letter format,
hyphenation, word and figure style for numbers, etc..
Excessive
hyphenation aside, Rodnik's pop - art - inspired designs have seen him hailed as «the Godson of Andy Warhol», and Made.com is just the ideal destination for his fun flair and witty designs to make a tongue -
in - cheek foray into homeware.