Max Chernoff via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> writes: > Hi Leah, > >> I was typesetting some German text on a narrow page when I discovered >> the justification wasn't as good as expected. I think I tracked this >> down to differences in hyphenation points, namely, ConTeXt has fewer: >> >> \starttext >> \language[de] >> \showhyphens{Zusammenhang} >> \showhyphens{anderswo} >> \showhyphens{anderswoher} >> \stoptext >> >> This shows >> languages > hyphenation > show: Zusam[-||]men[-||]hang >> languages > hyphenation > show: anderswo >> languages > hyphenation > show: anders[-||]wo[-||]her > > Babel/ngerman sets left/righthyphenmin to 2/2, but ConTeXt sets those to > 3/3 for German. (The English default is 2/3). I don't speak German so I > have no idea which is correct, but you can get the same behaviour in > ConTeXt with:
Perfect, thanks! Many prefixes have two letters, so changing the default may be reasonable. But there are more experienced German typographers on this list who can chime in. -- Leah Neukirchen <l...@vuxu.org> https://leahneukirchen.org ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________