Re: Content vs. design: orphans

[Sheila Carlisle <scarlisle -at- axialinfo -dot- com>]

I've usually found that inappropriate page design has a profound impact 
on the number of "paragraph-level" widows in a document.

By "inappropriate" I mean the confluence of elements on the page: font 
style/size/tracking etc., impacted by column widths, impacted by overall 
content type (e.g. tech docs with plethora of multi-syllabic words vs. 
sales doc with short/punchy text).

A doc exhibiting excessive "widow-itis" generally means that a design 
element is out of sync with the others.

Of course this is always dependent on the app and how it handles the 
page layout, too -- the same specs, same content, in two apps will 
invariably produce different results.

So perhaps the designer should consider his own role in the solution?

Sheila

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