TeX/penalty

Synopsis \penalty<number> \binoppenalty=<number> \brokenpenalty=<number> \clubpenalty=<number> \displaywidowpenalty=<number> \exhyphenpenalty=<number> \floatingpenalty=<number> \hyphenpenalty=<number> \interlinepenalty=<number> \linepenalty=<number> \postdisplaypenalty=<number> \predisplaypenalty=<number> \relpenalty=<number> \widowpenalty=<number> Description \penalty sets the penalty for a line or page break at that point. Some penalties are built in to the TeX system and inserted automatically: \binoppenalty for a line break in math mode after a binary operator. \brokenpenalty for a page break, where the last line of the previous page contains a hyphenation. \clubpenalty for a broken page, with a single line of a paragraph (called “club”) remaining on the bottom of the preceding page. \displaywidowpenalty for a break before last line of a paragraph. \exhyphenpenalty for hyphenating a word which already contains a hyphen. \floatingpenalty for splitting an insertion. \hyphenpenalty for line breaking at an automatically inserted hyphen. \interlinepenalty for the penalty added after each line of a paragraph. \linepenalty the badness of each line within a paragraph. \postdisplaypenalty for a break after a display. \predisplaypenalty for a break before a display. \relpenalty for a line break at a relation. \widowpenalty for a broken page, with a single line of a paragraph (called “widow”) remaining on the top of the succeeding page. Default LaTeX for example sets these default values for built in penalties: \binoppenalty=700 \brokenpenalty=100 \clubpenalty=150 \displaywidowpenalty=50 \exhyphenpenalty=50 \floatingpenalty=20000 \hyphenpenalty=50 \interlinepenalty=0 \linepenalty=10 \postdisplaypenalty=0 \predisplaypenalty=10000 \relpenalty=500 \widowpenalty=150