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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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  • 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