Christoph Sch?fer wrote: >> Craig Ringer wrote: >> >>> Really? I'd have to disagree with that. I certainly do, and the >>> paper I work for also tries to minimise them. Having to go to the >>> top of the next column / to the next page / to the spill page to >>> read that last darn word of the paragraph is very annoying. >> I have to agree completely. If there aren't a full two lines (plus any partial line at end of paragraph) at either end of a page or column, it interferes with my reading "rythm" and reduces my overall comprehension significantly. Exception: Single line paragraphs, but these are a general linguistic (English) no-no, anyway, so they are fairly uncommon.
> They were all made by talented graphics artists, who obviously never > bothered to learn the "boring" and everything but spectacular details > of typography :( As one of those people who is really not very interested in the un-spectacular details of typography, I am highly unlikely to study them. That said, I admit to have learned quite a bit just by reading this list! Osmosis? Anyway, anything I produce longer than about two pages goes to somebody else (friend, relative, anyone not directly involved in the project) for proofing and overall readability-opinion before getting marked "production ready." I have been known to completely rework a project based these non-professional reviews.
