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- noun the symbol represented by code U+00AD. It is defined by Unicode as a generally invisible character that allows manual specification of a place where a hyphenated break is allowed without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text was later reflowed.
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tankhughes commented on the word soft hyphen
June 13, 2009 https://accessible-digital-documents.com/blog/justified-text/
"On the web, soft hyphens ( or ) can be added manually to tell browsers where a word can be broken across lines. A soft hyphen will be displayed only when needed and, if desired, can be added multiple times to long words to give the browser options as to where a break might occur. The mark up might look like the following: hyphenation,"
April 13, 2022