<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>cellspacing</title> </head> <body> <!-- compare to CSS border-spacing --> <table border style="padding: 0; border-spacing: 7px"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> <table border style="padding: 0; border-spacing: 10px 7px"><tr><td>This is some text.</td></tr></table> <!-- drop borders and ensure that we get the right amount of space --> <div style="border: medium solid; margin: 1em 0; float: left; clear: left;padding: 8px">This is some text.</div> <div style="border: medium solid; margin: 1em 0; float: left; clear: left; padding: 3px 5px 7px 9px">This is some text.</div> </body> </html>