https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38159

--- Comment #36 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> ---
The bug title mentions both paragraph-level adjustment and "character scaling",
meaning, I assume, the possibility of contacting, rather than just expanding,
inter-word spacing. While these are of course related - they are not, in fact,
dependent. Even with single-line justification, one could squeeze space a bit
until a limit, then move words to the next line and expand space.

So, I suggest we have separate bugs for going paragraph-level and one for
supporting intra-word space contraction.

Also, we should consider bug 116969: "Justification by alternative methods",
which lists:

* Use of alternative character shapes
* Use of ligatures
* Use of expandable "connection" glyphs, e.g. kashida in Arabic

and one could also mention

* Slight expansion and contraction of glyphs, a-la the LaTeX microtype package

The bottom line is that I believe we should have a meta-bug for justification
and line breaking logic, supplanting bug 116969, with a separate bug for each
capability.

Is that ok with everyone? Would you like to structure the bugs differently?

Finally, I also think maybe paragraph-level line breaking and justification
logic is something worth tendering for in 2024, and encourage others to help
put that forward.

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