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Re: empty fo-block in table cells not rendering

2004-02-20 12:28:03
At 2004-02-20 19:47 +0100, J.Pietschmann wrote:
Eliot Kimber wrote:
The safest way to create "empty" blocks is to use a space leader.
Eh, no. There is no guarantee that a line with a non-zero heigth
is created. I'd stick with a non-breaking space, which is *not*
whitespace aftar all, and will cause the line to have the line
height implied by the font.

I disagree ... I use <block><leader/></block> because the initial pattern is spaces, the initial length is 12pt, and I believe no white-space processing is done on leader spaces.

In what conditions (other than clipping outside the viewport) would the blank line not be rendered?

................ Ken


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