Hyphenation

Long words at narrow widths cause loose, awkward justification. Hyphenation breaks words at valid syllable boundaries so lines stay tight.

Text("The internationalization of software requires typographical care.")
  .font("sans-serif")
  .size(16)
  .maxWidth(200)
  .hyphenate()         // same as .hyphenate("en")

Knuth–Liang hyphenation patterns ship with Sone — no extra dependency required.

Locales

Text("Le développement international de logiciels nécessite une typographie soignée.")
  .hyphenate("fr")

Text("Die Softwareentwicklung erfordert typografische Überlegungen.")
  .hyphenate("de")    // German compounds benefit greatly

.hyphenate() accepts BCP-47-style codes: "en" / "en-us" / "en-gb", "fr", "de", "es", "it", "pt", "nl", "ru", "pl", "sv", "da", "nb", "fi", "hu", "ro", "cs", "tr", "uk", "bg", "el", "la", and 60+ more. Pass true for English.

Composes with balanced wrap

Text("Extraordinary accomplishments in internationalization.")
  .maxWidth(220)
  .hyphenate("en")
  .textWrap("balance")

When to use it

• Narrow-column body copy (sidebars, multi-column layouts).
• Justified text — without hyphenation, justification creates large word gaps.
• Languages with long compound words (German, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish).

For wide single-column body copy in English, hyphenation is rarely necessary — the language averages short words.