Publication details
Hyphenation on Demand
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 1999 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | TUGboat : The Communications of the TeX Users Group |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Computer hardware and software |
| Keywords | hyphenation;natural language processing;computer typeseting |
| Description | The need to fully automate the batch typesetting process increases with the use of TeX as the engine for high-volume and on-the-fly typeset documents which, in turn, leads to the need for programmable hyphenation and line-breaking of the highest quality. An overview of approaches for building custom hyphenation patterns is provided, along with examples. A~methodology of the process is given, combining different approaches: one based on morphology and hand-made patterns, and one based on wordlist s and the program PATGEN. The method aims at modular, easily maintainable, efficient, and portable hyphenation. The bag of tricks used in the process to develop custom hyphenation is described. |
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