I'm trying to get LaTeX to allow a line break after an ellipsis. The problem is that, when I type \allowbreak
after \ldots
, the kerning between the ellipsis and the next immediate character is messed up. In the MWE below, I have shown many pairs of the kerning between an ellipsis and the next immediate character with and without a line break after the ellipsis. As you can see, adding \allowbreak
results in unkerned letterspacing. I want to automatically allow line breaking after an ellipsis without affecting the kerning.
Edit: The kerning is also messed up with the follwing fonts, which I just tested: Verdana Pro, Noto Serif, Roboto Serif, Source Serif Pro
\documentclass{article}
\raggedright
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Source Serif 4}[%Available for free on Google Fonts.
Kerning=On%
]
\begin{document}
text\ldots{}apple\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}apple\\
text\ldots{}candy\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}candy\\
text\ldots{}banana\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}banana\\
text\ldots{}doughnut\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}doughnut\\
text\ldots{}eggplant\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}eggplant\\
text\ldots{}fish\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}fish\\
text\ldots{}grape\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}grape\\
text\ldots{}henry\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}henry\\
text\ldots{}salmon\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}salmon\\
text\ldots{}tenth\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}tenth\\
text\ldots{}ultra\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}ultra\\
text\ldots{}violet\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}violet\\
text\ldots{}water\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}water\\
text\ldots{}xbox\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}xbox\\
text\ldots{}yellow\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}yellow\\
text\ldots{}zodiac\\
text\ldots{}\allowbreak{}zodiac\\
\end{document}
Best Answer
I don't think that I ever used the ellipsis before a word without a space, but if you really have that you can try \discretionary (I compiled with lualatex):