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+use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// A node that inserts spacing.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Spacing {
+    pub amount: Length,
+    pub softness: Softness,
+}
+
+#[async_trait(?Send)]
+impl Layout for Spacing {
+    async fn layout(
+        &self,
+        _: &mut LayoutContext,
+        _: LayoutConstraints,
+    ) -> Vec<LayoutItem> {
+        vec![LayoutItem::Spacing(self.amount)]
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for Spacing {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self.softness {
+            Softness::Soft => write!(f, "Soft({})", self.amount),
+            Softness::Hard => write!(f, "Hard({})", self.amount),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Spacing> for LayoutNode {
+    fn from(spacing: Spacing) -> Self {
+        Self::Spacing(spacing)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Defines how spacing interacts with surrounding spacing.
+///
+/// Hard spacing assures that a fixed amount of spacing will always be inserted.
+/// Soft spacing will be consumed by previous soft spacing or neighbouring hard
+/// spacing and can be used to insert overridable spacing, e.g. between words or
+/// paragraphs.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
+pub enum Softness {
+    /// Soft spacing is not laid out if it directly follows other soft spacing
+    /// or if it touches hard spacing.
+    Soft,
+    /// Hard spacing is always laid out and consumes surrounding soft spacing.
+    Hard,
+}