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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:51:33 -0800
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- > Is there any way to write a macro which would allow words
- > which can't be hyphenated to be placed on the next line,
- > rather than be given an overfull box? Such a macro would be
- > very useful with narrow columns.
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- You might try increasing \fontdimen3 for your text font to a REALLY
- large size. Then TeX will always be glad to stretch interword space,
- just like Time magazine does. It might tend to reduce hyphenations
- below the level you want, so be prepared to tweak the hyphenation
- penalty too.
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