diff --git a/QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs b/QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs
index eb1973a..3381b6f 100644
--- a/QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs
+++ b/QuestPDF.Examples/TextExamples.cs
@@ -371,5 +371,35 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Examples
                     });
                 });
         }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void BreakingLongWord()
+        {
+            RenderingTest
+                .Create()
+                .ProduceImages()
+                .ShowResults()
+                .RenderDocument(container =>
+                {
+                    container.Page(page =>
+                    {
+                        page.Margin(50);
+                        page.PageColor(Colors.White);
+
+                        page.Size(PageSizes.A4);
+
+                        page.Content().Column(column =>
+                        {
+                            column.Item().Text(null);
+
+                            column.Item().Text(text =>
+                            {
+                                text.DefaultTextStyle(x => x.BackgroundColor(Colors.Red.Lighten3));
+                                text.Span("       " + Placeholders.LoremIpsum() + " 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789         ").FontSize(24);
+                            });
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementRequest.cs b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementRequest.cs
index cd578ee..86355be 100644
--- a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementRequest.cs
+++ b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementRequest.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
         
         public int StartIndex { get; set; }
         public float AvailableWidth { get; set; }
+        
+        public bool IsFirstElementInBlock { get; set; }
         public bool IsFirstElementInLine { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs
index c501131..a831ae4 100644
--- a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs
+++ b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Calculation/TextMeasurementResult.cs
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Calculation
         
         public int StartIndex { get; set; }
         public int EndIndex { get; set; }
-        public int NextIndex { get; set; }
         public int TotalIndex { get; set; }
 
-        public bool IsLast => NextIndex == EndIndex;
+        public bool IsLast => EndIndex == TotalIndex;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs
index 904d56a..69d0ce3 100644
--- a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs
+++ b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/Items/TextBlockSpan.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             
             // if the element is the first one within the line,
             // ignore leading spaces
-            if (request.IsFirstElementInLine)
+            if (!request.IsFirstElementInBlock && request.IsFirstElementInLine)
             {
                 while (startIndex < Text.Length && Text[startIndex] == space)
                     startIndex++;
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
             text = text.Slice(0, textLength);
 
             var endIndex = startIndex + textLength;
-            var nextIndex = endIndex;
 
-            // when breaking text, omit spaces at the end of the line
-            while (nextIndex < Text.Length && Text[nextIndex] == space)
-                nextIndex++;
-            
             // measure final text
             var width = paint.MeasureText(text);
             
@@ -92,7 +87,6 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text.Items
                 
                 StartIndex = startIndex,
                 EndIndex = endIndex,
-                NextIndex = nextIndex,
                 TotalIndex = Text.Length
             };
 
diff --git a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs
index 4c0b184..d355132 100644
--- a/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs
+++ b/QuestPDF/Elements/Text/TextBlock.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                 .ForEach(x => RenderingQueue.Dequeue());
 
             var lastElementMeasurement = lines.Last().Elements.Last().Measurement;
-            CurrentElementIndex = lastElementMeasurement.IsLast ? 0 : lastElementMeasurement.NextIndex;
+            CurrentElementIndex = lastElementMeasurement.IsLast ? 0 : lastElementMeasurement.EndIndex;
             
             if (!RenderingQueue.Any())
                 ResetState();
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                         
                         StartIndex = currentItemIndex,
                         AvailableWidth = availableWidth - currentWidth,
+                        
+                        IsFirstElementInBlock = currentElement == Items.First(),
                         IsFirstElementInLine = !currentLineElements.Any()
                     };
                 
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ namespace QuestPDF.Elements.Text
                     });
 
                     currentWidth += measurementResponse.Width;
-                    currentItemIndex = measurementResponse.NextIndex;
+                    currentItemIndex = measurementResponse.EndIndex + 1;
                     
                     if (!measurementResponse.IsLast)
                         break;