Description should include that the terms widow and orphan are used by designers to describe unwanted stray words in typography in specific locations on a page, such as
- widow—a lone word or short group of words that appears at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page
- orphan—a lone word or short group of words that appears at the top of a page.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the disadvantages of widow and orphan formatting?
- How can one fix an orphan or a widow?