Soft Hyphen

In computing and typesetting, a soft hyphen (U+00AD soft hyphen, HTML: ­ ­) is a type of hyphen used to specify a place in text where a hyphenated break is allowed without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is re-flowed.

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Famous quotes containing the word soft:

    “By constant dripping, water hollows stone,
    A signet-ring from use alone grows thin,
    And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)