linebreaks

Where lines end

Linebreaks are the points where text moves from one line to the next.

In word processing, linebreaks happen automatically when text reaches the margin, but a hard linebreak forces a new line at a specific point.

In poetry and code, linebreaks are deliberate structural choices: The poet's linebreaks created unexpected pauses.

Also spelled as two words.

typography

spacing

Interval arrangement between objects

indentation · margin · alignment · justification · column · wrap · hyphenation · ragged · flush · leading

poetry

enjambment

Unpaused verse continuation

couplet · quatrain · sonnet · haiku · meter · rhyme · rhythm · cadence · iambic · pentameter

code

newline

Text formatting character

string · whitespace · ASCII · character · encoding · concatenation · formatting · output · print · console

markup

tag

Identifier or classifier

  • HTMLWeb page code
  • prePrefix signifying beforehand
  • CSSWeb presentation language

whitespace · rendering · browser · display · block · inline · preserve · collapse · wrap · markdown

Opposites
text formatting continuity

linebreaksword wrap

Automatic text continuation

text flow

textual segmentation

linebreakscontinuity

Uninterrupted progression or coherence

concatenation

text continuity

linebreakswall of text

Unbroken mass of writing

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linebreak

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