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<html lang="en" >
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>letter-spacing at line endings (spaces)</title>
<link rel='author' title='Elika J. Etemad' href='http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact'>
<link rel='help' href='https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#letter-spacing'>
<link rel='match' href='reference/letter-spacing-201-ref.html'>
<meta name="assert" content="Letter spacing is not applied at the start/end of a line even on spaces.">
<style type='text/css'>
@import "/fonts/ahem.css";
.contain {
/* Setup Boxes */
font: 20px/1 Ahem;
width: 5em;
border: solid blue;
margin: 1em;
float: left;
}
span, .test {
letter-spacing: 1em;
}
p {
white-space: pre-wrap;
margin: 0;
}
</style>
<div id='instructions'>Test passes if the pattern is identical in all four blue boxes.</div>
<!-- Letter-spacing on Containing Block -->
<div class="contain">
<!-- single line block test -->
<p class="test"> x </p>
<!-- start/end line wrap test -->
<p class="test">xx ​ x ​ xx</p>
<!-- start/end forced line breaks test -->
<p class="test">xx <br> x <br> xx</p>
<p class="test">xx 
 x 
 xx</p>
</div>
<!-- Line Endings Coinciding with Inline Element Boundary (Internal Break) -->
<div class="contain">
<!-- single line block test -->
<p><span> x </span></p>
<!-- start/end line wrap test -->
<p>x x ​<span> x </span>​ x x</p>
<!-- start/end forced line breaks test -->
<p>x x <span><br> x <br></span> x x</p>
<p>x x <span>
 x 
</span> x x</p>
</div>
<!-- Line Endings Coinciding with Inline Element Boundary (External Break) -->
<div class="contain">
<!-- duplicate single line block test -->
<p><span> x </span></p>
<!-- start/end line wrap test -->
<p>x x <span>​ x ​</span> x x</p>
<!-- start/end forced line breaks test -->
<p>x x <br><span> x </span><br> x x</p>
<p>x x 
<span> x </span>
 x x</p>
</div>
<!-- Control -->
<div class="contain">
<p> x </p>
<p>x x <br> x <br> x x</p>
<p>x x <br> x <br> x x</p>
<p>x x <br> x <br> x x</p>
</div>