Hi,

(thanks for your always quick and helpful answers BTW)

Herbert Voss writes:
> Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
> > I must say that I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of kerning
> > of letter combinations such as "-W" in the word "non-Western". This
> > is using the standard CM font. To get the hyphen to appear visually
> > balanced in "non-Western" I am having to add -0.1em kerning between
> > it and the W.
> >
> > I also see this problem in "mid-1920s", for example.

> non--Western
>
> Herbert

This kerns better it seems, but it is an en-dash, not a hyphen. In the 
humanities and social sciences, at least, hyphens are used for compound 
word (with a few exceptions).  :-(

-Kevin


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