<!DOCTYPE html> <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>