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[css-inline] add illustrations for measuring baselines from letterforms
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descends below the alphabetic baseline
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can be subtracted from its highest point
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to <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values/#ex">measure the x-height</a>.
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<figure>
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<img src="images/measuring-x-height-o.png" width="240"
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alt="measuring the x height of the letter o" >
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<figcaption>
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Measuring the x height.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<li>
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The amount by which the uppercase “O”
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descends below the alphabetic baseline
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can be subtracted from its highest point
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to measure the cap-height.
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The top edge of the below ideograph (U+4E05 “丅”)
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</table>
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Issue: Pick a default.
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<figure>
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<img src="images/measuring-hanging-baseline-ka.png" width="240"
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alt="finding the position of the hanging baseline of the letter ka" >
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<figcaption>
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The hanging baseline is at the top edge of the character ink.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<li>Issue: Add more notes here?
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