> The hyphen makes it read better, Along the same lines, I wish the standard for using the / required a space before and after. second/syllable second / syll

> The hyphen makes it read better, Along the same lines, I wish the standard for using the / required a space before and after. second/syllable second / syllable I find the latter much easier on the eye, especially when copy is dense. It's easier to read the individual words and identify the / at the same time. Without the spaces adds processing overhead imho.