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ART200orphan Relief

Here are 3 ways to fix a single orphan word at the end of a paragraph: 1. Move a word from the line above down to the last line. 2. Move the orphan word back up into the line above. 3. As a last resort, adjust the tracking of the whole paragraph by decreasing it slightly.

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ART200orphan Relief

Here are 3 ways to fix a single orphan word at the end of a paragraph: 1. Move a word from the line above down to the last line. 2. Move the orphan word back up into the line above. 3. As a last resort, adjust the tracking of the whole paragraph by decreasing it slightly.

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How to fix Orphans

Here are 3 ways to remedy having a single word on the last line of a paragraph.
1. Move a word from the line above the last line down to the last line
2. Pop the single word back up into the line above it.
3. (Last resort)Track
Selecting a limited number of
typefaces helps maintain continuity
across a multiple-page document.
Incorporating white space in the
layout helps to allow visual resting
places.

Option 1
Selecting a limited number of Advantage:
typefaces helps maintain continuity Easy to do, usually affects little else.
across a multiple-page document.
The Soft Return Incorporating white space in the
layout helps to allow visual resting
Huge Beware: Sometimes leaves an odd gap in
the line above.
line above resting places.

Option 2
Selecting a limited number of Advantage:
typefaces helps maintain continuity Easy to do, but keep it limited to one or two lines
across a multiple-page document. You know you’ve done it wrong when the whole
The Soft Return Incorporating white space in
the layout helps to allow visual
paragraph has soft returns.

multiple lines above resting places. Beware! It’s tempting to “soft return” the whole
paragraph. DON’T!!

Option 3
Selecting a limited number of Advantage:
typefaces helps maintain continuity Easy to do
across a multiple-page document.
Beware! The increase or decrease should be kept
Increase/Decrease Incorporating white space in the layout
helps to allow visual resting places. to a minimum and should not look noticeably
tracking different from the rest of copy. As a general rule,
do not increase above 5 or decrease below -5.
tracking decreased only -5

Never do these: • Increase or decrease the size of the font to fix an orphan
• Change the horizontal or vertical scale of a font just to make one orphan fit.
• Change the tracking of just ONE word, or one line. The difference is too n o t i c e a b l e .
• Leave a huge gap in the line above. That gap looks worse than the orphan you’re trying to fix.
• Never add extra spaces between words to pop an orphan down to the next line.

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