ableplayer
diff --git a/‎scripts/transcript.js‎
Lines changed: 13 additions & 4 deletions b/‎scripts/transcript.js‎
Lines changed: 13 additions & 4 deletions
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
             }
           }
           if (comp.type === "b" || comp.type == "i") {
-            result.push($tag, " ");
+            result.push($tag);
           }
         } else {
           for (var i = 0; i < comp.children.length; i++) {
@@ -630,13 +630,22 @@
       };
 
       for (var i = 0; i < cap.components.children.length; i++) {
+		var next_child_tagname;
+		if ( i < cap.components.children.length - 1 ) {
+			next_child_tagname = cap.components.children[i + 1].tagName;
+		}
         var results = flattenComponentForCaption(cap.components.children[i]);
         for (var jj = 0; jj < results.length; jj++) {
           var result = results[jj];
           if (typeof result === "string") {
-            if (thisObj.lyricsMode) {
-              // add <br> BETWEEN each caption and WITHIN each caption (if payload includes "\n")
-              result = result.replace(/\n/g, "<br>") + "<br>";
+           	if (thisObj.lyricsMode) {
+				// add <br> WITHIN each caption (if payload includes "\n")
+				result = result.replace('\n','<br>');
+
+				// add <br> BETWEEN each caption, but do not consider sibling style tags within this caption as the next caption!
+				if ( !next_child_tagname || ( next_child_tagname !== 'i' && next_child_tagname !== 'b' ) ) {
+					result += '<br>';
+				}
             } else {
               // just add a space between captions
               result += " ";