105569 2012-12-20 12:44:50 -0800 WebVTT line breaks should try to make lines close to the same size 2025-08-28 03:12:20 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Media 528+ (Nightly build) Unspecified Unspecified NEW InRadar P2 Normal --- 105496 1 dino webkit-unassigned bfulgham dino eric.carlson fantasai.bugs ian silviapf vcarbune webkit-bug-importer oldest_to_newest 795680 0 dino 2012-12-20 12:44:50 -0800 From the WebVTT spec: "Regardless of the value of the 'white-space' property, any line breaks inserted by the user agent for the purposes of line wrapping must be placed so as to minimize Δ across each run of consecutive lines between preserved newlines in the source. Δ for a set of lines is defined as the sum over each line of the absolute of the difference between the line's length and the mean line length of the set." e.g. avoid this: Hello World How Are You 795681 1 webkit-bug-importer 2012-12-20 12:45:23 -0800 <rdar://problem/12919735> 795683 2 dino 2012-12-20 12:46:18 -0800 The obvious solution is: Hello World How Are You Kidding! 795687 3 ian 2012-12-20 12:47:35 -0800 Or: |ello World How Are Yo| :-) 2139299 4 fantasai.bugs 2025-08-28 03:12:20 -0700 Seems like this would be solved by applying `text-wrap-style: balance` to WebVTT text.