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I have two questions:

Background: I'm using convertRasterToPDF to go from psd to pdf.

Within the psd, are two text columns. I'm taking a stab at how many characters should fit in the left column, then move the remaining characters to the right column.

I'm not a designer, but know enough to realize it's very challenging to guess how many characters can fit in an area of a certain size (font, font size, actual characters, how to account for breaks (carriage return/line feed. Was the break near the beginning, middle, or end...)

Now, my questions:

1. Is there an option to turn off the breaking up of a word, forcing the entire word to the next line (it adds a hyphen, the client prefers to keep the words together).

2. Is there any general guidelines, calculations, rules of thumb regarding how many characters of a given font and font size fit an a defined area (say 2" wide by 4" high). Maybe taking in to consideration that some letters are used more often that others?

Or, is there a better way to handle two columns of text, one next to the other (like a newspaper column), filling the first column, then moving to the next?

Thank you,
Nathan Rosaaen