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[css-inline-3] Clarify wording around inline kerning of initial letter boxes.
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If the <a>initial letter</a> is a non-atomic inline
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with an [=automatic size|automatic=] [=inline size=] and
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zero padding and borders,
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it is negatively offset
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its [=margin box=] is kerned (negatively inset)
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by the distance from the start edge of its content box
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to the point in the content that would have been placed
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at the start edge of the containing block
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at the start edge of the [=line box=]
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if it were not an <a>initial letter</a>
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(i.e. the distance between its glyph bounding box
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and its start side bearing).
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This inset is effectively
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an additional [=inline-start=] [=margin=] on the box.
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<h3 id="initial-letter-wrapping">
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Initial Letter Wrapping: the 'initial-letter-wrap' property</h3>

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