Using space in html

6 Ways To Add Spaces In HTML CSS (Simple Examples)

Welcome to a tutorial on how to add spaces in HTML and CSS. Is the text too cluttered on your webpage? Need some breathing space and decluttering magic?

1. Use   to define a white space,   for 2 spaces, and   for 4 spaces.
2. Paragraphs

   to spread out text blocks.

3. to add a line break.
4. to keep spacing and line-breaks as-it-is.
5. Add extra padding and/or margin spaces –

6. Control the spacing between each character, word, and line –

That covers the quick basics. But let us walk through some actual examples in this guide – Read on!

ⓘ I have included a zip file with all the example source code at the start of this tutorial, so you don’t have to copy-paste everything… Or if you just want to dive straight in.

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ADDING SPACES IN HTML CSS

All right, let us now get into the ways and examples of adding spaces in HTML and CSS.

1) NON-BREAKING SPACES

Non-breaking   space. 2 non-breaking   spaces. 4 non-breaking   spaces.

2) PARAGRAPHS

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pretium, lacus non tristique imperdiet, neque magna porttitor enim, eget iaculis erat enim et sapien.
 
Another Paragraph.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pretium, lacus non tristique imperdiet, neque magna porttitor enim, eget iaculis erat enim et sapien.

This one should be self-explanatory,

creates a paragraph of text and the browser will automatically space out between each paragraph. Although we can also control the distance between each character, word, line, and block – Examples below.

3) LINE BREAKS

 
Line one. 
Line two. 
Line three.
 

By default, the browser will automatically wrap the text according to the width of the paragraph/container. To specifically add a break, use the line break
tag.

4) PRE-FORMATTED TEXT

 
Hello world. This is a pre-formatted text block. Be careful with how you use this. It retains all line breaks and spaces.
 
 
 
Hello world. This is a pre-formatted text block. Be careful with how you use this. It retains all line breaks and spaces.
 
Once again, HTML will strip extra white spaces and ignore line breaks. If you want to retain all the spaces and breaks as-is-is, use a pre-formatted tag instead.
 
5) PADDING & MARGIN – SPACING BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
 
  
Line.
 
As in the introduction above, we can specify the padding and margin to control the spacing between each paragraph. But instead of leaving you confused on how this actually works, let me introduce the CSS box model:
 
 
 
Yes, nearly every HTML element follows this box model. 
 
 
In the center, we have the contents. This can be the text for 
, video for , image for , etc…
 
The content is surrounded by a layer of padding , followed by the border .
 
Finally, margin is the spacing between each HTML element.
 
 
6) SPACING BETWEEN CHARACTER/TEXT/LINE
 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
 
 
letter-spacing will specify the space in-between each character .
 
word-spacing will specify the space in-between each word .
 
line-height will specify the space in-between each line of text .
 
 
USEFUL BITS & LINKS
 
That’s all for this project, and here is a small section on some extras and links that may be useful to you.
 
SUMMARY
 
LINKS & REFERENCES
 
INFOGRAPHIC CHEAT SHEET
 
 
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Thank you for reading, and we have come to the end of this guide. I hope that it has helped you with your project, and if you want to share anything with this guide, please feel free to comment below. Good luck and happy coding!
 
2 thoughts on “6 Ways To Add Spaces In HTML CSS (Simple Examples)”
 
Thank you for the nice and concise clarifications . 
I was looking for a way to add space below in the website without using footer and without adding html empty elements . I would appreciate your reply. Thanks!
 
As above, just add margin-bottom or padding-bottom to the last element.
 
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Adding extra space between words and paragraphs in HTML is very different than in apps like Microsoft Word. But don’t tear out your hair just yet—we’ll show you the easiest ways to control spacing between words and lines of text, as well as how to add extra space to the beginning of each paragraph so they are properly indented on the page. This wikiHow article teaches you different ways you can add spaces to your HTML code.
 
Adding Extra Spaces Between Words
 
 
Open your HTML code in a text editor. You can use any text editor, such as Notepad for Windows, or TextEdit for macOS, to edit your code. If you press the spacebar multiple times to add extra space between words or characters, you won’t see those extra spaces on your webpage—HTML automatically converts multiple spaces into a single space. You can fix this by using non-breaking space characters instead of pressing the spacebar.
 
 
 For example, let’s say you want three spaces between the words «What will you learn» and «today?» Instead of pressing the spacebar three times, just type     between the two segments. Here’s an example: 
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> head> body> p>What will you learn   today?p> body> html> 
 
 
Keeping Spaces in Pasted Text
 
 
Open your HTML code. Another way to add more spaces to your code is to use the HTML tag. This tag essentially displays the text exactly as you type or paste it, spaces and all. Start by opening your code in a text editor like Notepad for Windows or TextEdit for macOS.
 
 
Type tags in the body of your document. Any text you want to keep preformatted with a particular amount of spaces and/or line breaks will go between these tags:
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> head> body> pre> pre> body> html> 
 
 
Type or paste text exactly as intended between the «» and »» tags. In this example, we’re creating three spaces between words, as well as a line break. When pre-formatting text, any spaces between words, as well as line breaks you create by pressing «Enter» or «Return,» will be displayed on the webpage. [2] X Research source
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> head> body> pre>What will you learn today?pre> body> html> 
 
Inserting Empty Lines (Line Breaks)
 
 
Open your HTML code in a text editor. Do you want to add extra space between paragraphs or other elements on the page? Pressing Enter or Return a bunch of times in your code won’t do the trick, but adding a line break tag 
will! Start by opening the HTML code of the page you want to edit.
 
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> head> body> pre>What will you learn today?pre> br>br> p>You will learn a lot!p> body> html> 
 
Indenting Paragraphs
 
 
Open an HTML document. Let’s say you want to indent the beginning a paragraph with some space—let’s say 10 pixels. The best way to do this would be to use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). We’ll cover two ways to do this—one lets you indent each paragraph manually, and another indents all paragraphs at once. Start by opening up your HTML document in a text editor.
 
 
Indent a single paragraph. If we want to indent the paragraph in our example, we can do so by adding the text-indent property to its 
 
tag. In this example, we’ll be indenting our paragraph by 10px:
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> head> body> p style="text-indent:10px">Welcome to wikiHow, the most trusted how-to site on the internet. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together.p> p> Since 2005, wikiHow has helped billions of people learn how to solve problems large and small. We work with credentialed experts, a team of trained researchers, and a devoted community to create the most reliable, comprehensive and delightful how-to content on the Internet.p> body> html> 
 
 
Since we added the text-indent property to just the first paragraph, that is the only paragraph that will be indented. Read on to learn how to indent all paragraphs on the page the same way instead of just one!
 
 
 
Create a style section for your CSS. If we want to indent all paragraphs on our page, we can do so by defining the paragraph style in CSS. The style section goes into the head of your HTML code, or on a separate style sheet. Let’s add ours to the head, which is between the and tags:
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> style> style> head> body> p style="text-indent:10px">Welcome to wikiHow, the most trusted how-to site on the internet. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together.p> p>Since 2005, wikiHow has helped billions of people learn how to solve problems large and small. We work with credentialed experts, a team of trained researchers, and a devoted community to create the most reliable, comprehensive and delightful how-to content on the Internet.p> body> html> 
 
 
Type the indenting code into the style area. So, we want every paragraph to begin with 10px of space, not just one. This means we’ll need to create a style for the paragraph tag (
 
) that automatically adds 10px of space to the beginning of the first word in each paragraph. We’ll also want to remove the text-indent property from our original example, as it won’t be needed anymore. The property should look like this:
 
 html> head> title>wikiHow: How-to instructions you can trust.title> style> p  text:indent: 10px; style> head> body> p>Welcome to wikiHow, the most trusted how-to site on the internet. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together.p> p>Since 2005, wikiHow has helped billions of people learn how to solve problems large and small. We work with credentialed experts, a team of trained researchers, and a devoted community to create the most reliable, comprehensive and delightful how-to content on the Internet.p> body> html> 
 
 
You can adjust the number of spaces by typing a different number after «text-indent:».
 
You can use unites other than pixels to define the size of your indent, such as percentage (i.e. «text-indent: 15%;») or measurements (e.g., «text-indent: 3mm;»).
 
 
 
Type 
 
at the beginning of each paragraph. Since we’ve added specific instructions to indent the 
 
tag, every paragraph on the page will be indented 2.5em. This goes for our existing paragraphs, and any new paragraphs we add to the page.
 
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