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In typesetting, a widow appears if the first line of a paragraph is appearing at the bottom of a page with the remainder appearing on the following page. If a word or the last line of a paragraph appears at the top of a page, with the rest of the paragraph appearing on the preceding page, it is referred to as an orphan

Widows, in this sense, are usually considered unattractive typographically and should be suppressed.

Some of the techniques for eliminating a unwanted widow include:

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Typography

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