Re: a question of hyphenation policy

[Robert Thorsby]

Hi Branden,

On 30/8/24 15:22, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I need guidance from real typographers.
>
> GNU troff has long borne the following feature.
> <snip>
> I presume that this is configurable because it becomes uncomfortable for
> the reader to see a river of hyphens at the right margin.
>
> My question is: should a page break reset this count?

I wouldn't call myself a typographer but I refuse to allow hyphens to 
break, usually via '.hy 0' or by using '\%'. I then kern the tripe out 
of any offending line, often using Ted Harding's "poor man's kerning" trick.

However, no matter what you do, you simply *cannot* end the last line of 
a column or page with a hyphen. So IMHSHO your question does not arise.

But I will defer to Peter. Maybe Doug also has an opinion.

Robert Thorsby