How to specify maximum allowed space between words?

[ondras]

I am trying to justify my paragraphs and I am not very happy with the result (see #2264). However, I think that even the default fast'n'dirty line breaking algorithm could do better, especially when I see the same HTML+CSS being rendered more nicely in a browser.

In this example rendering:

• the first line has too large inter-word spaces
• the second line has a non-breakable space after i

I have hyphenation turned on (lang=cs). In my opinion, hyphenating at i jedno | tlivých or i jed | notlivých would result in the first line having better/smaller spacing. Is there a way to define the "maximum allowed space between words"?

[ondras]

Update: I think the problem is caused by #2270 instead.

[liZe]

Update: I think the problem is caused by #2270 instead.

Yes, the current algorithm should hyphenate as soon as it can, unless hyphenate-limit-zone is set.

Let’s continue the discussion on #2270.