2/12/2023 0 Comments Widow orphan control word![]() ![]() (They’re from the Fredericksburg, Va., Free Lance–Star, Sep. The orphaned headings in the picture above make me shudder. Definitions vary, but because I used to work in a typesetting house before desktop publishing was invented (yes, we used stone tablets and chisels), I’ll give my definitions: a widow is the last line of a paragraph that sits alone at the top of a page or column an orphan is the first line of a paragraph or (shudder) a heading that sits alone at the bottom of a page or column. Widows and orphans-how sad is that? In typesetting, the words denote sad situations: a word or a line of type separated from the rest of a paragraph.
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