//TODO the isAdjustable parameter is currently not used/implemented
if (content.position() > 0) {
content.flip();
boolean adjustable = XMLUtil.getAttributeAsBoolean(lastAttributes, "adj", true);
SpaceArea space = new SpaceArea(content.charAt(0), offset, adjustable);
AbstractTextArea text = getCurrentText();
space.setParentArea(text);
text.addChildArea(space);
} else {
Space space = new Space();
setAreaAttributes(lastAttributes, space);
setTraits(lastAttributes, space, SUBSET_COMMON);
setTraits(lastAttributes, space, SUBSET_BOX);