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Typography helpers reference for translated/localized content

Jess Brown

07 Jun 2021 — 1 min read

The following references should help you work out better typography and, especially, better layouts on mobile or small screens when using translated / localized content.

HTML	Description	Example / Use Case
<wbr>	Word break opportunity tag.	Put this in the middle of long URLs or wherever you want to break the line on your terms. Exp: <a href="###">www.example.com/<wbr>customercenter/</a>

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