text-wrap: balanced; dropped first but text-wrap: pretty; wasn’t too far behind and they are both useful. The pretty value is now coming to Safari and Jen Simmons calls it “an unprecedented level of polish to typography on the web.” If you’ve already seen pretty and think of it as the thing that prevents short last lines in paragraphs, that’s old thinking now, so read up. That particular feature, if that’s all you want, is now text-wrap: avoid-short-last-lines; (not kidding). The pretty value does lots of different stuff to improve typography in subtle ways. Jen says:
… we want you to be able to use this CSS to make your text easier to read and softer on the eyes, to provide your users with better readability and accessibility. And simply, to make something beautiful.
If you’ve got Safari Technical Preview going, try the demo. I’ve seen one small bit of valid criticism.
