Use CSS To Improve Your Typography - Windows And Orphans

Use CSS to improve your typography - Windows and Orphans

 

A widow is a short line or single word at the end of a paragraph. An orphan is a word or short line at the beginning or end of a column that is separated from the rest of the paragraph. Widows and Orphans create awkward rags, interrupt the reader’s eye and affect readability. They can be avoided by adjusting the type size, leading, measure, wordspacing, letterspacing or by entering manual line breaks. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to prevent typographic widows and orphans with CSS.