Love esoterica like this.

https://daringfireball.net/2025/04/webkit_textwrap_pretty

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Great article!

Defining these kinds of mathematical constraints is exactly what makes UI engineering hard.

It’s also why it’s in your best interest to master CSS, which excels over other layout engines at providing sane but flexible defaults so you don’t have to do all of this math yourself.

Come to the /frontend channel for more UI engineering esoterica like this!

(Any interest in a dedicated /ui-engineering channel?)

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Come to the /frontend channel for more UI engineering esoterica like this!

(Any interest in a dedicated /ui-engineering channel?)

https://warpcast.com/darrylyeo/0x03edf4f4