"methodological" (and its adverb, "-ly", as well as the noun "methodology"
and its plural) are not fully hyphenated by the existing tex patterns.
after egreg pointed out this question to me, i checked the exception list as
published in tugboat (and on ctan as the package
hyphenex) and found that "method meth-od" is
already there since 2011 (but without its plural, which i have now added).
the following entries will be added with the next update:
methods meth-ods
methodology meth-od-o-lo-gy
methodologies meth-od-o-lo-gies
methodological meth-od-o-logical
methodologically meth-od-o-logically
curiously, "methodical" and its adverb are hyphenated correctly by the tex
patterns. perhaps the pattern that permits this is what is blocking the
hyphenation of "methodology" and relatives. for further exploration.
why the second half of "methodological" has no hyphens seems to be the
normal practice of this dictionary -- omit hyphens in later parts of compound
words. i will continue to follow the guidance of the dictionary in entering
new items in the exception list, but note that, in this case at least, tex will
hyphenate the latter parts of all these words acceptably, so if it necessary to
add an exception on account of failure to hyphenate the "method" part, i would
have no hesitation adding hyphens in the "log-i-cal" part as well in the "local"
exception entry.
for those not familiar with the exception list, it shows the "standard" u.s.
hyphenation forms as given by merriam webster's 3rd new international dictionary,
print edition. (the print edition is used rather than an online version as it
is advisable to have a fixed point for this endeavor.) the intent of the list
is to be a resource for words needed in a local \hyphenation{...} entry, and
for possible future updates of the patterns.
(i'm sorry, but i can't answer the second question, why footnotes are compiled
using a different font than the main text. that might be a good candidate for
a separate question, where it would receive more attention.)
overfull \hboxwarnings during writing. Once the text is finished, I would try slight rewording to get a better line break. see also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/435343/overfull-hbox-warning for further possibilities.\documentclass[british]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage{librebaskerville} \begin{document} The focus on individuals' rational behaviour has a strong methodological implication. \end{document}hyphenates at "meth-odological" for me, which seems fine according to M-W merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methodological