Here is the cleanest and most recommended way to create a line break + paragraph spacing together in HTML, with proper code examples and explanation.

✅ Best Practice: Use <p> for paragraphs, not multiple <br> tags

✔ Clean, semantic, SEO-friendly

✔ Correct spacing on all browsers

✅ Example: Line Break + New Paragraph

<p>
  This is the first paragraph.<br>
  Here is a manual line break inside the same paragraph.
</p>

<p>
  This is a new paragraph with clean spacing.
</p>

📌 Explanation

• <br> → Adds one line break inside the same paragraph.
• <p> → Automatically adds top & bottom spacing, creating a clean paragraph.

So the combination means:

Use <br> only inside a paragraph — not between paragraphs.
Use <p> to create a new paragraph with proper spacing.

🔥 If you want extra spacing between paragraphs

Option 1: CSS margin

<style>
  p {
    margin-bottom: 18px;
  }
</style>

<p>First paragraph.</p>

<p>Second paragraph with extra spacing.</p>

Option 2: Add 2 line breaks (not recommended but works)

First line.<br><br>
Next paragraph-like text.

Use only when you don’t want to use <p> tags.

⭐ Recommended Approach

Always use:

✔ <p>…</p> for paragraphs
✔ <br> for line breaks within a paragraph
✔ Use CSS for spacing—not repeated <br> tags