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kccqzylast Tuesday at 11:47 PM1 replyview on HN

There are different Unicode characters though so be careful. Some allow browsers to break at the dot, others are non-breaking so the browser will consider it a single word.


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rerdavieslast Wednesday at 3:49 AM

My specific use-case was breaking syllables in lyrics embedded in sheet music so that they line up with the associated notes on the staff above. (I write a lot of lead sheets).