empty paragraph FO's and display space

Subject: empty paragraph FO's and display space
From: "STE MARIE, PAUL" <PAUL.STE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:45:41 -0500
Question: If a paragraph is empty, is the display space before and after it
considered to be contiguous?

Example:

If I have the flow objects:

<paragraph space-after="6pt"><text>PRIOR HISTORY:</text></paragraph>
<paragraph space-before="6pt"></paragraph>
<paragraph space-before="6pt" space-after="6pt"><text>People v. La
Bello</text></paragraph>
does the second paragraph create any additional vertical space? The Jade RTF
backend current doesn't output an empty paragraph, and the vertical space
between "PRIOR HISTORY" and "People v. La Bello" is 6 points. Our other
backend output is current inserting 12 points of vertical space at this
point. Which is right?

Paul J. Ste. Marie			(937)865-6800 x4384
Professional Data Resources		Paul_SteMarie@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:Paul_SteMarie@xxxxxxxxxx> 


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