MinOptMax.multiply(wordSpaceIPD, iNextStart - iThisStart),
false, true);
vecAreaInfo.add(ai);
// create the elements
sequence.addAll
(createElementsForASpace(alignment, ai, vecAreaInfo.size() - 1));
} else if (ch == CharUtilities.SPACE || ch == CharUtilities.NBSPACE) {
// preserved space or non-breaking space:
// create the AreaInfo object