Settle Rag
A preference, not a rule: the whole paragraph decides.
Settle Rag treats a ragged text block as one form. It chooses among the break opportunities it is given, and knows no language.
Try it
Write your own paragraph, change the measure and the font size, and turn Settle on and off.
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The rag is a shape
Look at the negative shape formed by all the line endings together. A rag has no ideal shape in isolation, and the common rules are instincts, not laws.
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The whole paragraph decides
Every break changes the possibilities for everything that follows. Judge the paragraph, not the line.
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Overhang and tighten
The two cheats a typesetter makes by hand: let a line’s last character hang past the measure, or close a line up a little so a word stays on it.
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How it works
Settle Rag doesn’t determine where words may break. It determines which available breaks to use.
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Browser wrapping
The same text under normal wrapping, text-wrap: pretty, text-wrap: balance and Settle Rag.
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Install
A simple high-level API, a React component and lower-level functions, with a small footprint and no dictionary.
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Limitations
What it cannot do yet, such as links inside the paragraph or justified text, and what is planned.
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Reference
The algorithm, the preference model, browser support, tests, benchmarks and related work.
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