ferrofabulous.blogg.se - Widows and orphans typography

I think they should both be merged into a new article titled something like Widow and Orphan (typesetting). The articles are intermingled to the extent that both terms, in both articles, are bold faced rather than internally linked to. Some content and talk is even exactly duplicated.

Large parts of the two articles, and of their talk pages, discuss widows and orphans, and the difference between them. Please do not revert these pages back to the incorrect definitions! 143.252.80.110 21:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC) I have corrected the definition, moved the (incorrectly named) image to the right page, and added a couple of references. Widows are at the top of a page, orphans are at the bottom. RaphaelFreeman 11:45, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Okay, once and for all It is only when paragraphs are leaded, and when there is an empty space above the single last line, that they become obnoxious." It would seem to me, however, that avoiding it can be no more than wishful thinking. In fact Jan Tschichold states in the Form of the Book page 136, "Some people spurn the first line of a new paragraph at the bottom of a page.

So in the wiki article it is incorrect to say that orphans should be suppressed. (I would add that the exception is the typesetting of Hebrew bibles where widows are acceptable for traditional reasons) It is the custom – in most, if not in all, the world’s typographic cultures – to give them one additional line for company." They have a past but not a future, and they look foreshortened and forlorn. The stub-ends left when paragraphs end on the first line of a page are called widows. They have no past, but they do have a future, and they need not trouble the typographer. Isolated lines created when paragraphs begin on the last line of a page are known as orphans. According to Robert Bringhurst’s, Elements of Typographic style, page 43 and I quote "Never begin a page with the last line of a multi-line paragraph,

There seems to be much confusion all round. Lammel ( talk) 01:11, 9 April 2012 (UTC) Let’s look to see what Bringhurst says

Hypho A hyphonated widow that leaves half a word on the final line of a paragraph.

Orphan Orphans are the final one or two lines of a paragraph separated from the main paragraph to form a new column.

Widow A lone word at the end of a paragraph.

Orphan A short word or phrase that's carried over to a new column or page also called a widow.

Widow A word or phrase that makes up the last line of the text in a paragraph.Widows should be avoided when possible by changes in wording or spacing that either remove the line or lengthen it. Orphans can be avoided by changes in wording or spacing that either remove the line or lengthen it.Ī short, paragraph-ending line appearing at the top of a page. Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.146.175 ( talk) 17:29, (UTC)Ī short line appearing at the bottom of a page, or a word or part of a word appearing on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph. I agree the definitions as they are state here are the exact opposite of what I learned back in my school days. This information is a totally opposite meaning about Widows & Orphans. 9 disambiguation or derivation of the term.6 There are multiple means for these terms.3 Let’s look to see what Bringhurst says.