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Such a long discussion and no mention the Knuth algorithm?

• gwern 5y ago
  "The method is suitable for headlines and a single short paragraph of text. It’s not suitable for long paragraphs of texts or multiple paragraphs. It yields no benefit over the browser’s default layout engine when the text exceeds a couple of lines. You’ll also end up with paragraphs of uneven widths, which breaks up the cohesion of the right-hand text edge of your design. It works great for two–four lines of text, though." Knuth-Plass is for setting all text to a specified width and balancing as best as possible within that, not having varying widths.
• d2wa 5y ago
  It wasn’t really relevant in this context. It’s similar to what the browsers do by default, however.