Widow (typesetting)
In typesetting, a widow appears if the first line of a paragraph is appearing at the bottom of a page with the remainder appearing on the following page.
Widows are usually considered unattractive and should be suppressed.
Some of the techniques for eliminating a unwanted widow include:
- forcing a page break early, producing a short page,
- adjusting the leading (line spacing) or inter-paragraph spacing,
- adjusting the word spacing to produce tight or loose paragraphs,
- rewrite the paragraph.
See also
Orphan (typesetting)
