@@ -689,12 +689,10 @@ Inline Box Heights: the 'inline-sizing' property</h3>
689689<p> The <span class="propinst-height"> 'height' </span> property does not
690690apply. The height of the content area should be based on the font, but
691691this specification does not specify how. A UA may, e.g., use the
692- em-box or the maximum ascender and descender of the font. (The latter
692+ the maximum ascender and descender of the font. (This
693693would ensure that glyphs with parts above or below the em-box still
694694fall within the content area, but leads to differently sized boxes for
695- different fonts; the former would ensure authors can control
696- background styling relative to the 'line-height' , but leads to glyphs
697- painting outside their content area.)
695+ different fonts.)
698696</p>
699697<p class=note> Note: level 3 of CSS will probably include a property to
700698select which measure of the font is used for the content height.
@@ -707,13 +705,10 @@ class="propinst-line-height">'line-height'</span> is used when calculating
707705the height of the line box.
708706</p>
709707<p> <a name="multi-font-inline-height"></a> If more than one font is
710- used (this could happen when glyphs are found in different fonts), the
711- height of the content area is not defined by this specification.
712- However, we suggest that the height is chosen such that the content
713- area is just high enough for either (1) the em-boxes, or (2) the
714- maximum ascenders and descenders, of <em> all</em> the fonts in the
715- element. Note that this may be larger than any of the font sizes
716- involved, depending on the baseline alignment of the fonts.
708+ used (this could happen when glyphs are found in different fonts),
709+ the height of the content area is not affected
710+ by the glyphs from the fallback fonts,
711+ and only depends on the first available font.</p>
717712</p>
718713
719714<h2 id="initial-letter-styling">
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