![]() I encountered this post recently: “Do orphans and widows still matter? I thought they were a think of the past, but my typesetter has left many throughout my memoir.” What we can all agree on: widows, orphans, and runts are bad and must be killed. And partly because typesetters are irrepressible nerdy snobs. Also because even Wikipedia and the Chicago Manual of Style can’t agree on the definitions. The problem starts because these names are helplessly non-intuitive, and more than a little sexist and demeaning. If you invite three typesetters to a party, one will disagree with the other two about what widows, orphans, and runts are, voices will be raised, drinks will be thrown, and you’ll have to kick them out, which isn’t too hard because typesetters usually aren’t very fierce. Or not.īefore I start this post, let me be clear: no, I do not want to go out back and fight you. Top to bottom: widows, runts and orphans.
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