Lay them out according to the conventions of the particular written language When formatting text, user agents should identify these words and (we use the term "word" here to mean "sequences of non-white spaceĬharacters"). To achieve visual formatting effects that involve white space, rather thanįor all HTML elements except PRE, sequences of white space separate "words" For this reason, authors should use appropriate elements and styles Of space characters other than those explicitly identified here as white spaceĬharacters. This specification does not indicate the behavior, rendering or otherwise, More general category of white space characters. Unambiguously separate lines and paragraphs, respectively, these do notĬonstitute line breaks in HTML, nor does this specification include them in the That although and are defined in to Line breaks are also white space characters. Only the following characters are defined as white space In some applications to produce particular visual spacing effects. Many of these are typographic elements used The document character set includes a wide For information about characters, please consult the section on The following sections discuss issues surrounding the structuring of text.Įlements, font elements, style sheets, etc.) are discussed elsewhere in the Marking document changes: The INS and DEL.Subscripts and superscripts: the SUB and SUP elements.