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In
typesetting, an '''orphan''' is a word or the last line of a
paragraph appearing at the top of a page, with the rest of the paragraph appearing on the preceding page. If the first line of a paragraph appears at the bottom of a page with the remainder appearing on the following page, it is called a
''widow'' by type-setters.
Orphans are usually considered to be 'bad'
typography and should be suppressed.
Some of the techniques for eliminating an unwanted orphan include:
* forcing a page break early, producing a short page,
* adjusting the
leading, (rhymes with "heading") the space between lines, or inter-paragraph spacing,
* adjusting the word spacing to produce 'tighter' or 'looser' paragraphs,
* rewrite the paragraph.
==See also==
*
Typography
*
Widow (typesetting)
da:Horeunge (typografi)
de:Hurenkind
