<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>cellspacing</title> </head> <body> <!-- compare to CSS border-spacing --> <table border cellspacing="7" style="padding: 0"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> <table border cellspacing="0" style="padding: 7px 10px"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> <!-- drop borders and ensure that we get the right amount of space --> <div style="border: medium solid; margin: 1em 0; float: left; clear: left;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="8" style="padding: 0"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: medium solid; margin: 1em 0; float: left; clear: left;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding: 3px 5px 7px 9px"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> </div> </body> </html>