I was reading about a poorly edited and published book, described thusly:
The text had so many rivers?
Is there anyone with editorial experience who can explain that phrase? Google isn’t helping me here.
I was reading about a poorly edited and published book, described thusly:
The text had so many rivers?
Is there anyone with editorial experience who can explain that phrase? Google isn’t helping me here.
A river is an old school typography term. It’s when the (white) spaces between words line up line after line after line, so it appears that there is a thin “river” of white space snaking up and down the page. It is considered bad aesthetics to have many or noticable rivers on a page of type.
A river squiggles its. way about this block of text
A river squiggles its way. about this block of text
A river squiggles its way in. this block of text
A river squiggles its way about. this block. of text
A river squiggles its way about a. block of text
A river squiggles its way about. this block of text
A river squiggles its wayward. path through this block of text
A river squiggles its way in. this block of text
A river squiggles its way. about this block of text
A river squiggles away. through this block of text
A river is a pattern of blank spaces in successive lines that draws the eye, and distracts a reader from the content of the page.
Perfect answers, both! Thank you.
Helpful, and damned speedy, too.