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HTML Paragraphs

A paragraph always starts on a new line, and is usually a block of text.

HTML Paragraphs
The HTML <p> element defines a paragraph.

A paragraph always starts on a new line, and browsers automatically add some white space (a margin) before and after a paragraph.

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HTML Display
You cannot be sure how HTML will be displayed.

Large or small screens, and resized windows will create different results.

With HTML, you cannot change the display by adding extra spaces or extra lines in your HTML code.


The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines when the page is displayed:

HTML Horizontal Rules
The
<hr> tag defines a thematic break in an HTML page, and is most often displayed as a horizontal rule.

The <hr> element is used to separate content (or define a change) in an HTML page:

The <hr> tag is an empty tag, which means that it has no end tag.

The Poem Problem
This poem will display on a single line:

Solution - The HTML <pre> Element
The HTML
<pre> element defines preformatted text.

The text inside a <pre> element is displayed in a fixed-width font (usually Courier), and it preserves both spaces and line breaks:

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