diff --git a/parley/src/layout/data.rs b/parley/src/layout/data.rs
index 0f4c0be81..87eccff8c 100644
--- a/parley/src/layout/data.rs
+++ b/parley/src/layout/data.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ impl<B: Brush> LayoutData<B> {
     #[expect(clippy::cast_possible_truncation, reason = "deferred")]
     pub(crate) fn calculate_content_widths(&self) -> ContentWidths {
         fn whitespace_advance(atom: Option<(Whitespace, f32)>) -> f32 {
-            atom.filter(|(whitespace, _)| whitespace.is_space_or_nbsp())
+            atom.filter(|(whitespace, _)| *whitespace == Whitespace::Space)
                 .map_or(0.0, |(_, advance)| advance)
         }
 
diff --git a/parley/src/layout/line_break.rs b/parley/src/layout/line_break.rs
index 61b68aea8..48741c9d0 100644
--- a/parley/src/layout/line_break.rs
+++ b/parley/src/layout/line_break.rs
@@ -301,12 +301,12 @@ impl LineBoxMetrics {
         descent: f32,
         quantize: bool,
     ) {
-        let (ascent, descent) = if quantize {
-            (ascent.round(), descent.round())
-        } else {
-            (ascent, descent)
-        };
-        if ascent + descent > 0. {
+        // Inline box extents are exact box sizes supplied by the caller, not font metrics;
+        // rounding them would change the space the box reserves relative to its height.
+        let _ = quantize;
+        // Negative margins can make the reserved space negative; the box is still content.
+        // Out-of-flow boxes have infinitely negative extents and are not.
+        if (ascent != 0. || descent != 0.) && ascent.is_finite() && descent.is_finite() {
             self.has_content = true;
         }
         let subtree = self.subtree_mut(aligned_subtree);
diff --git a/parley/src/tests/test_style_metrics.rs b/parley/src/tests/test_style_metrics.rs
index e29122106..38cefa904 100644
--- a/parley/src/tests/test_style_metrics.rs
+++ b/parley/src/tests/test_style_metrics.rs
@@ -317,3 +317,82 @@ fn line_with_only_empty_inline_boxes_is_invisible() {
     // A non-empty in-flow box does.
     assert_eq!(line_height(10., InlineBoxKind::InFlow), 30.);
 }
+
+/// With quantization, an inline box's fractional height must not be rounded up twice (once for
+/// the ascent and once for the descent): the line reserves exactly the box's height.
+#[test]
+fn quantized_inline_box_extents_are_not_rounded_separately() {
+    let mut fcx = create_font_context();
+    let mut lcx: LayoutContext<ColorBrush> = LayoutContext::new();
+    let root = root_style();
+    let mut builder = lcx.tree_builder(&mut fcx, 1., true, &root);
+    // Baseline splits the box into 40.5 above and 40.5 below the baseline; rounding each
+    // separately would reserve 82px for an 81px box.
+    builder.push_inline_box(InlineBox {
+        id: 0,
+        kind: InlineBoxKind::InFlow,
+        index: 0,
+        width: 10.,
+        height: 81.,
+        baseline: Some(40.5),
+        vertical_align: VerticalAlign::BASELINE,
+    });
+    let (mut layout, _) = builder.build();
+    layout.break_all_lines(None);
+    let line = layout.lines().next().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(line.metrics().line_height, 81.);
+}
+
+/// A box whose reserved space is negative (e.g. an atomic inline with a large negative
+/// `margin-top`) is still content: the strut applies and the line keeps its height.
+#[test]
+fn line_with_negative_height_inline_box_is_not_invisible() {
+    let mut fcx = create_font_context();
+    let mut lcx: LayoutContext<ColorBrush> = LayoutContext::new();
+    let root = root_style();
+    let mut builder = lcx.tree_builder(&mut fcx, 1., false, &root);
+    builder.push_inline_box(InlineBox {
+        id: 0,
+        kind: InlineBoxKind::InFlow,
+        index: 0,
+        width: 10.,
+        height: -300.,
+        baseline: Some(-305.),
+        vertical_align: VerticalAlign::BASELINE,
+    });
+    let (mut layout, _) = builder.build();
+    layout.break_all_lines(None);
+    let line = layout.lines().next().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(line.metrics().line_height, 30.);
+    let inline_box = line
+        .items()
+        .find_map(|item| match item {
+            crate::PositionedLayoutItem::InlineBox(inline_box) => Some(inline_box),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    // The box's own baseline coincides with the line's baseline.
+    assert_eq!(
+        inline_box.y + inline_box.baseline.unwrap(),
+        line.metrics().baseline
+    );
+}
+
+/// No-break spaces are neither collapsible nor hangable (css-text-3 §4.1.1, §4.1.3), so a
+/// line of only NBSPs keeps its width and never wraps at its own max-content width.
+#[test]
+fn no_break_spaces_are_not_hanging_whitespace() {
+    let mut fcx = create_font_context();
+    let mut lcx: LayoutContext<ColorBrush> = LayoutContext::new();
+    let root = root_style();
+    let mut builder = lcx.tree_builder(&mut fcx, 1., false, &root);
+    builder.push_text("\u{a0}\u{a0}\u{a0}");
+    let (mut layout, _) = builder.build();
+    let content_widths = layout.calculate_content_widths();
+    assert!(content_widths.max > 0.);
+    assert_eq!(content_widths.min, content_widths.max);
+    layout.break_all_lines(Some(content_widths.max));
+    assert_eq!(layout.len(), 1);
+    let line = layout.lines().next().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(line.metrics().advance, content_widths.max);
+}