Pretty pretty

By Chris Coyier on

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 […]

Pretty vs Balanced

By Chris Coyier on

Stephanie Stimac: Use text-wrap: balance; on headings and subheadings. And use text-wrap: pretty; on paragraphs of text to get rid of orphans on the last line. Despite the Chromium-only support, these would be a good candidate for progressive enhancement. The performance impact is generally negligible but there in extreme conditions.

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