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Nikko

You're not using this anymore? I don't see the script on your site and your headlines has orphaned words. I was hoping to find a good CSS-only solution, but every option requires manually adjusting the text.

> You're not using this anymore?

No, I removed the script. It worked great, but the flash-of-no-text (similar to flash-of-unstyled-content) was too much of a compromise. I’ve kept the “text-wrap: balance” CSS properties (even though they don’t work). Maybe they’ll start working in the future? As you say, there are currently no good CSS-only options or balancing text.

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