Long word wont go to next line

Question

I'm using polyglossia package in my document and have some parts where I don't want to have hyphynation so I'm using \disablehyphenation command as documented. Now when I'm having very long words in a line I would expect the second long word to go to the next line (see section 1 in the image below). But when the first word gets shorter the second one does no longer go to the second line.

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Here is my MWE:

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{polyglossia}

\begin{document}
    \fontsize{30}{30}\selectfont
    \disablehyphenation
    \section{expected}
    Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
    \section{unexpected}
    Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazy Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
\end{document}

Any ideas how to force the second word to be on the next line? (manual Newline is no option - its generated content)

Thanks in advance!

score 5 · Answer 1 · 2015-04-09T15:46:49.887

5

Desperate times, desperate measures.. Use \sloppy

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{polyglossia}

\begin{document}
    \fontsize{30}{30}\selectfont
    \disablehyphenation
    \sloppy
    \section{expected}
    Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
    \section{unexpected}
    Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazy Aquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog
\end{document}

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If you want this effect locally, use sloppypar environment like

\begin{sloppypar}
content
\end{sloppypar}

On the other hand, you can also use \raggedright (thanks to R. Schumacher for reminding).

edited Apr 09 '15 at 15:46

answered Apr 09 '15 at 15:31

You beat me to the "sloppy" answer by about five seconds. :-) – Mico Apr 09 '15 at 15:32
@Mico Hehe, it happens very rarely :-) – Apr 09 '15 at 15:32
You could also use raggedright or related options in http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/185970/raggedright-removes-paragraph-indentation – R. Schumacher Apr 09 '15 at 15:35
@R.Schumacher: I was about to add it. Thanks for the reminder. :-) – Apr 09 '15 at 15:37
\sloppy will persist through the entire document unless delimited. usually, it's better to use \begin{sloppypar} ... \end{sloppypar} around just the affected region. (been recommended before: How to avoid using \sloppy document-wide to fix overfull \hbox problems?) – barbara beeton Apr 09 '15 at 15:45
@barbarabeeton: Thanks, I have added a note. – Apr 09 '15 at 15:47
Thanks for the quick response. I tried your suggested solution but encountered another case where the second word still wont go to second line. It happens when the first word is very short, e.g. "Really ReallyLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongWord" – nis Apr 10 '15 at 12:29

Long word wont go to next line

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