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Nate the great · 09-17-2009, 01:15 PM

This is when you have one line of a paragraph by itself at the top (widow) or bottom (orphan) of the screen. This isn't something we normally care about with ebooks, but in paper books they are avoided.

The Opus is the first device (that I know of) that checks for and prevents them by moving lines from the bottom of the page to the next page. I think that's rather interesting.

09-17-2009, 01:15 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	widows and orphans This is when you have one line of a paragraph by itself at the top (widow) or bottom (orphan) of the screen. This isn't something we normally care about with ebooks, but in paper books they are avoided. The Opus is the first device (that I know of) that checks for and prevents them by moving lines from the bottom of the page to the next page. I think that's rather interesting. Last edited by Nate the great; 09-23-2009 at 08:14 AM.