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08-20-2008, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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typopgraphy rules--orphans & widows
Can anyone shed light on why most designers leave orphans and widows in their page layouts? Supposedly this is poor typography.
I have hard time picking up a magazine that is not full of orphans and widows. |
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08-20-2008, 08:54 PM
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Designer
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Posts: 42
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Alot of the time it's really hard to get a line to look right and sometimes it's really the only choice. And most magazines run on a final deadline of 5-days after approved content to actually layout the document. So time and practicality has alot to do with it.
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08-23-2008, 04:00 PM
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Administrator/Founder
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,034
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They look so bad thought, I always taught to get rid of them at all costs.
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08-23-2008, 09:47 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Norway
Posts: 665
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It's bad typography, yes. You'll still find it in magazines but that's unavoidable. I think those rules apply most strictly to typesetting for books etc. But it's nice to do one's best to get rid of them
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09-01-2008, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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