Line Breaks

The <br> tag creates a line break inside a block element. A trailing <br> tag at the end of a block element may or may not result in a visible line break.

Reader ignores the first trailing <br> tag at the end of a block-level element because a line break is already implied at the end of the block element's contents. Additional <br> tags are compared against the element's bottom margin, and any calculations are applied regarding adjacent elements. As a result, <br> tags may or may not be applied depending on whether they add up to a distance greater than the largest positive margin in the calculation.

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