Akademik

white space
noun /waɪtspeɪs,ʍaɪt/
a) White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry).<! Just not sure
b) The intervening contents of a volume. >
Syn: whitespace character
See Also: negative space

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