I've noticed that if I start a new paragraph right after an image, most renderers leave inadequate space between the image and the text below. The paragraph ends up looking like a legend. While this is useful when I do want to have a legend, sometimes I'd just like to insert an image in between two paragraphs, and have it adequately spaced below as above.
I correct this issue currently with:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit:
[IMAGE]
<br/><br/>
Pellentesque pharetra turpis vitae velit consequat placerat. Duis sed volutpat neque, et scelerisque orci.
But this strikes me as inelegant: I would like to avoid the HTML if possible.
Is there another way to force a linebreak?
I'm using Markdown Preview Plus for Atom to render.
Line break in Markdown is "two or more spaces at the end of the line".