Paragraphs and Line Breaks in Markdown

From the Markdown cheat sheet ยท Headings and Paragraphs ยท verified Aug 2026

Paragraphs and Line Breaks

Separate paragraphs and control hard line breaks.

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First paragraph.

Second paragraph.
๐Ÿ“Œ A blank line starts a new paragraph
๐Ÿ” A normal newline is usually rendered as a space
โšก Two trailing spaces create a hard line break
๐ŸŽฏ Prefer paragraphs over frequent manual breaks
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