‘Five Minute Argument’ is the personal site of Bobby Jack, a London-based Web Developer.
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Adjacent vertical margins collapse (combine). In this example, each paragraph has a 1em margin. Note that the space surrounding each paragraph is equal, including the vertical space between them.
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If margins didn't collapse, elements would end up unevenly spaced.
Note that this does not hold for horizontal margins:
float: left; margin: 1em;
float: left; margin: 1em;
‘Five Minute Argument’ is the personal site of Bobby Jack, a London-based Web Developer.