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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.
Orphans are usually considered unattractive 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 (line spacing) or inter-paragraph spacing,
- adjusting the word spacing to produce tight or loose paragraphs,
- rewrite the paragraph.
See also
widow (typesetting)
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