Widows, Orphans & Runts | UX Writing Quick Tips 1

Episode 1 of the UX Writing Quick Tips series. Here we'll look at UX content as a visual element, just like UI designers do. We'll look at 3 typography issues and how to fix them as a UX writer.
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[@isabellamagacho2239]

Amazing content

[@MichaelMilton1]

This is not something I had ever thought about until I published a book. These exact issues come up in formatting. Especially in formatting for paperback. Nobody wants to have a single word (runt) on an otherwise blank page, so the same work arounds apply. I had to do a bit of rewording or finding places to add paragraph breaks. Text needs to "Look right" as much as it needs to "sound right".

[@hmbdy5925]

i'm a ux writer with no linguistic background. this video is really cool, never thought that there are terms called widow, runt and orphan. thank you for sharing, andy looking forward to your next video

[@UXHeWrote]

Glad you liked it. There's an update to this video coming very soon, with even better ways to fix these problems.

[@zhangjoy910]

amazing content! Tysm❤

[@UXHeWrote]

Glad you found it helpful

[@Sha-Ne-Ru]

Looking forward to more Quick Tips videos ^_^

[@UXHeWrote]

Coming soon! :D

[@shaikluqman1344]

please sir, can i have somemore?

[@Memesqueen777]

❤ I'm a graphic designer, your videos are really helpful! I hope you can do more videos about the common text flow problems.

[@Memesqueen777]

Btw it's my first time to know about this profession (ux writer). This profession seems do not exist in Hong Kong yet

[@UXHeWrote]

​@@Memesqueen777 There are actually quite a few fintech companies in HK hiring UX writers. But it is still very new in this part of the world. What kind of things do you want to know about "flow problems"?

[@Memesqueen777]

@@UXHeWrote 1. The word wrap problem, my first language is not English. So it's so hard for me to design where to wrap. E.g. Cat is An animal. Cat Is an animal. But the most challenging task for me is doing bilingual editorial design cuz different languages have there different rules & size & look. When they appeare at the same time, I need to adjust it for control the grayscale. Oh! I don't know HK have Ux writers. Why do u know? So cool! U work in HK?

[@UXHeWrote]

我其实离你很近，所以经常有香港的猎头找我。好像都是fintech，bitcoin等。 你说的设计问题。。。你用figma吗？

[@Memesqueen777]

@@UXHeWrote I use adobe illustrator/ InDesign for design. Oh! U know Chinese so amazing. I just use figma for recording design process & voting