Writing some letters on the next line
When a little space is left at the start of a line it's called 'indenting', but what do you call it when you left a few letters of a word near the right margin line and put a small dash with the word and write the remaining letters of the word on the next line? As the underlined words shown in the picture. What is this action called?
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The "small dash" is a hyphen, and the use of it is called "hyphenation". The creation of a smooth text margin is called "justification" Text may be left-justified, right-justified, or, as in your example, both (called fully justified or full justified). Usually it is longer words that are hyphenated.
- The "small dash" is a hyphen, and the use of it is called "hyphenation".
- The creation of a smooth text margin is called "justification" Text may be left-justified, right-justified, or, as in your example, both (called fully justified or full justified).
- Usually it is longer words that are hyphenated.
- Repeated hyphenation of short words such as "ta-ken", leaving just two or three letters at the start or end of a line, may become a bit tiresome to read.
- We only hyphenate between syllables, so "do-wn" is not correct (at least it is not standard hyphenation).
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The "small dash" is a hyphen, and the use of it is called "hyphenation". The creation of a smooth text margin is called "justification" Text may be left-justified, right-justified, or, as in your example, both (called fully justified or full justified).
Usually it is longer words that are hyphenated. Repeated hyphenation of short words such as "ta-ken", leaving just two or three letters
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