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NASCARaddicted · 10-30-2011, 04:51 PM

Hello

I want to hear your opinions about the following:

From time to time, some books have an empty line between 2 paragraphs, especially, when there is a scene break or a big span of time.

In the past, I did that with

Code:

<p>&nbsp;</p>

But recently I got an epub book from the internet and when I looked at the code, I noticed that this one used a different way. In this one, an empty line was created with css, using "margin-top 1.3em". (the line height was set to 130%)

So now I am thinking about which way is better? I think if I use nbsp, the empty line is still there, even if the css file gets lost. But are there also some disadvantages? Is there an advantage if I use margin-top?

Thanks in advance.

10-30-2011, 04:51 PM	#1
NASCARaddicted Addict Posts: 340 Karma: 43106 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Germany Device: BeBook One, Pocketbook Touch, Pocketbook Touch HD	Creating an empty line - which way is better? Hello I want to hear your opinions about the following: From time to time, some books have an empty line between 2 paragraphs, especially, when there is a scene break or a big span of time. In the past, I did that with Code: <p> </p> But recently I got an epub book from the internet and when I looked at the code, I noticed that this one used a different way. In this one, an empty line was created with css, using "margin-top 1.3em". (the line height was set to 130%) So now I am thinking about which way is better? I think if I use nbsp, the empty line is still there, even if the css file gets lost. But are there also some disadvantages? Is there an advantage if I use margin-top? Thanks in advance.