line breaks?
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are there rules for breaking sentences grammatically?
would you break up "for the"? or break before for?
ex. Sam would like to thank Ken for the nice present.
- monospaced0
Define what YOU mean by "line break" because I have a feeling it differs from what I would define it as, especially since you brought in the grammar aspect
- meaning, just where you go to the next line for short copy.********
- meaning, just where you go to the next line for short copy.
- ********0
meaning, just where you go to the next line for short copy.
- monospaced0
Avoid widows (orphans?) is my only suggestion.
- SteveJobs0
grammatically, i've never heard a rule about line breaks other than how to hyphenate words and which words qualify for hyphenation. beyond that, i believe it's totally up to you.
- i_monk0
It depends on the rag, not the words.
- scarabin0
in a world...
with a lot of movie poster copy lines
the ones that really stand out
are the ones that break like this--
i never end a line with a preposition like "to, and", etc and you're good
- melq0
If you are referring to a headline or subhead, then I was taught to not interrupt phrases; so the break would be before the "for" in your example.
- Amicus0
If in doubt ask yourself WWBD – What Would Bringhurst Do?
Check the logic of your line breaks in display material. Line breaks in headings should make sense with how you would read and understand the words.
Personally I also do this for all line breaks in adverts and short copy items.
I leave numbers together with what they are counting, and try to keep all parts of a date together if the resulting rag isn't too ugly.
- ********0
The cat sat on the mat
whilst wearing a hat
and fapping to pics in COTD.
- ********0
No there is line breaks with grammer
But your line breaks should alternate with long, short, long, short, ect
- benfal0
there's rules for this in french
- dbloc0
try to break at pauses.
- seeessess0
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