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RobertJSawyer · 08-26-2011, 01:44 PM

I've noticed on some Kepub books at least that widow/orphan control is turned on, a feature I've never seen before on an ebook reader. But widow/orphan control works best aesthetically when there are lots of lines of text on a page (such as the 35 or 40 on a typical printed book page). On pages with fewer lines, it's more of an irritant (in my view) than a feature, because it keeps making for short pages -- and short pages visually signal the end of a chapter. So, it's like a fake-out: "Chapter's coming to an end! Hah! Fooled you -- there's more!"

I'm all in favour of having multiple layout features, but this one should definitely be user-selectable.

Widows and Orphans defined at Wikipedia

08-26-2011, 01:44 PM	#315
RobertJSawyer Guru Posts: 738 Karma: 4306712 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Libra 2, Clara 2E, and Clara HD; Kindle PaperWhite	Widow/orphan control should be user selectable I've noticed on some Kepub books at least that widow/orphan control is turned on, a feature I've never seen before on an ebook reader. But widow/orphan control works best aesthetically when there are lots of lines of text on a page (such as the 35 or 40 on a typical printed book page). On pages with fewer lines, it's more of an irritant (in my view) than a feature, because it keeps making for short pages -- and short pages visually signal the end of a chapter. So, it's like a fake-out: "Chapter's coming to an end! Hah! Fooled you -- there's more!" I'm all in favour of having multiple layout features, but this one should definitely be user-selectable. Widows and Orphans defined at Wikipedia