- From: John Hudson <tiro@tiro.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:32:09 -0800
- To: Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp>
- CC: Christoph Päper <christoph.paeper@crissov.de>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Koji Ishii wrote: > I saw some arguments not liking "loose", but from the discussion, I can't find any good candidates to replace it where all can agree upon. Is it strong enough to continue looking for more candidates? The trouble with loose is this: Linebreaking is related to justification, which affects inter-word spacing. The purpose of what you are considering 'loose' linebreaking is relaxation of hyphenation rules in order to *avoid* loose word spacing, e.g. as occurs in narrow columns. So for anyone thinking about the text block as a whole, terms like 'loose' may be confusing because this is a term more commonly encountered in reference to spacing. How about 'lax', as a good antonym for strict? JH
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