Extra line space at end of page

Question

Hi,

I’m a bit unsure how to explain this question, but basically, on many of my pages, the text doesn’t fully extend to the bottom. I think this is mainly due to the way my layout is set up and my efforts to avoid widows and orphans. I’ve noticed that "famous" books also have this issue, so I assume it’s something I just have to accept. However, it feels like it’s happening too often in my book. Is there a way to fix or adjust this, or do I just need to accept it?

I am unable to adjust the copy.

Thank you very much for any help!

James Gifford—NitroPress · Answer

In flowing text like novels and nonfiction narrative, it's a mark of good design to have all lines aligned across columns and pages, and to have text lines right to the bottom of each page.

In any more complex layout, with headings, tables, and varying types of formatting, empty lines at the bottom of pages are accepted as the tradeoff for not doing a huge amount of work to balance the use of every style in every combination.

Having good page esthetics does not necessarily mean geometric rigor and precision, that is.

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