Command/hyphenation

\hyphenation

Syntax

\hyphenation{...}
{...}	se-ve-ral words cut in-to syl-la-bles with hy-phens

Description

Indicate how to hyphenate a word. Useful when there are some foreign or unusual words that are used a few times in your text.

Example

\setuppapersize[A9]

\hyphenation{ac-cord-ance Rein-heits-gebot}

A lot of German beer is brewed in accordance with the 
{\it Reinheitsgebot} laid down in Munich in 1516.

See also

• Hyphenation
• \hyphenation to define the hyphenation of a specific word
• \startexceptions to define language-specific hyphenations
• \- to define an ad-hoc breakpoint
• \unhyphenated to prevent hyphenation
• \doublehyphendemerits to penalize hyphenation on consecutive lines
• \setupalign justification parameters to tweak the auto-hyphenation algorithm
• \definebreakpoints to initialize a breakpoint set
• \definebreakpoint to add to a breakpoint set
• \setbreakpoints to activate a breakpoint set
• \language to activate a language's settings, including hyphenation
• Wrapping

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