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Using the Knuth-Plass algorithm to help control widow and orphan lines

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Using the Knuth-Plass algorithm to help control widow and orphan lines
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Release Date2012
LanguageEnglish
Production PlaceSan Francisco, California, USA

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The Knuth-Plass line-breaking algorithm is one of the many exceptional features of TEX, taking a paragraph of text and converting it to a vertical list of well-proportioned lines. Through glue and penalty markers TEX gives the user almost complete control over the spacing and look of the paragraph.