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With older typesetting systems and WYSIWYG word processors, this was done manually: the compositor or author added hyphenation on a case-by-case basis. Currently, most typesetting systems (also called layout programs) and modern word processors hyphenate automatically, using a hyphenation algorithm.
For example, {{Annotated link|Winston Churchill}} will produce: Winston Churchill – British statesman and author (1874–1965) Other internal links: {} links are usually placed in this section. As an alternative, {} may be placed with the end matter navigation templates. See relevant template documentation for correct placement.
Text shaping is the process of converting text to glyph indices and positions as part of text rendering. [1] It is complementary to font rendering as part of the text rendering process; font rendering is used to generate the glyphs, and text shaping decides which glyphs to render and where they should be put on the image plane. [2]
An example of a two-column layout (double folio) with caption. In typography, a column is one or more vertical blocks of content positioned on a page, separated by gutters (vertical whitespace) or rules (thin lines, in this case vertical). Columns are most commonly used to break up large bodies of text that cannot fit in a single block of text ...
The availability of cheap or free fonts made the conversion to do-it-yourself easier, but also opened up a gap between skilled designers and amateurs. The advent of PostScript, supplemented by the PDF file format, provided a universal method of proofing designs and layouts, readable on major computers and operating systems.
Formatting via one of the templates listed at Template:Unicode is sufficient in some cases. Otherwise the fonts should be specified through html markup, as in the example below. If a font is not specified, or if none of the fonts are installed, readers will only see a numbered box in place of the PUA character.
{{google|1 pound in kilograms {{=}}}} 1 pound in kilograms = Use Template:= to add an = sign to trigger Google Calculator when necessary; that template cannot be substituted. {{google|1 pound in kilograms}} 1 pound in kilograms: Google may display Calculator results for some expressions even if they lack a trailing equals sign.
Template documentation This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.