Remove text widows - words that wrap by themselves

antiWidowMaker.js

$(document).ready(function() {
   $('.no-widow, h1, h2, h3, a').each( function(){
      antiWidowMaker( $(this) );
   });
});
$(window).resize(function() {
   $('.no-widow, h1, h2, h3, a').each( function(){
      antiWidowMaker( $(this) );
   });
});

function antiWidowMaker( text_element )
{
    console.log('~ widow\'d');

    var string = text_element.text();
    var parent = text_element.parent();
    var parent_width =  parent.width();
    var parent_height = parent.height();
    
    // determine how many lines the text is split into
    var lines = parent_height / getLineHeight(text_element.parent()[0]);

    // if the text element width is less than the parent width,
    // there may be a widow
    if ( text_element.width() < parent_width )
    {
        // find the last word of the entire text
        var last_word =  text_element.text().split(' ').pop();
        
        // remove it from our text, creating a temporary string
        var temp_string = string.substring( 0, string.length - last_word.length - 1);
        
        // set the new one-word-less text string into our element
        text_element.text( temp_string );
        
        // check lines again with this new text with one word less
        var new_lines = parent.height() / getLineHeight(text_element.parent()[0]); 

        // if now there are less lines, it means that word was a widow
        if ( new_lines != lines )
        {
            // separate each word
            temp_string = string.split(' ');
            
            // put a space before the second word from the last
            // (the one before the widow word)
       			if ( lines > 2 ){
            	var words_to_cut = 2;
            } else {
            	var words_to_cut =  Math.round((temp_string.length / (lines - 1)) / 2);
            }
            temp_string[ temp_string.length - ( words_to_cut ) ] = '<br>' + temp_string[ temp_string.length - words_to_cut ] ;
            
            // recreate the string again
            temp_string = temp_string.join(' ');
            
            // our element html becomes the string
            text_element.html( temp_string );
        }
        else
        {
            // put back the original text into the element
            text_element.text( string );
        }
        
    }
    
}

function getLineHeight(element){
   var temp = document.createElement(element.nodeName);
   temp.setAttribute("style","margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"+element.style.fontFamily+";font-size:"+element.style.fontSize);
   temp.innerHTML = "test";
   temp = element.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
   var ret = temp.clientHeight;
   temp.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
   return ret;
}