Graphics Reference
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SAVE THE ORPHANS
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Don't allow the last line of a paragraph to begin the top of a column. This
“orphan” is especially distracting if there is a space separating the paragraph that follows and
really irritating if it occurs at the very beginning of the left-hand page. Run the text back so that
the new page starts a paragraph, or space out the preceding text so that the paragraph continues
with at least three lines after the page break.
MIND THE GAPS
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A single word space, never two, follows a period before the initial cap of the
next sentence. Furthermore, the space before a comma or a quotation mark should be reduced;
these marks “carry” additional space above or below them. Similarly, the word space following a
comma, apostrophe, or quotation mark should also be slightly reduced.
