@@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ Determining the Baseline of a Box</h2>
897897
898898 The <dfn>first baseline</dfn> (and <dfn>last baseline</dfn> ) of a box
899899 for a given axis
900- is a set of baselines (alphabetic, central, etc.) belonging to a line box within the box.
900+ is a set of baselines (alphabetic, central, etc.)
901+ nominally associated with a line of text within the box.
901902 The <a>alignment baseline</a> is one of these,
902903 usually the dominant baseline of the <a>alignment container</a> .
903904 (Note, however, that boxes might not have a baseline in a particular axis.)
@@ -924,7 +925,8 @@ Determining the Baseline of a Box</h2>
924925 <dd>
925926 The first (last) inline-axis baseline of a table box is the baseline of its first (last) row.
926927 However, when finding the baseline of an inline-block,
927- table boxes must be skipped.
928+ any baselines contributed by the table boxes must be skipped.
929+ (This quirk is a legacy behavior from [[CSS21]] .)
928930
929931 The block-axis baseline of a table box is the baseline of its first (last) column.
930932
@@ -933,7 +935,7 @@ Determining the Baseline of a Box</h2>
933935
934936 <dt> ''table-row''
935937 <dd>
936- If any cells in the row participate in ''baseline'' (''last-baseline'' ) alignment,
938+ If any cells in the row participate in ''baseline'' (''last-baseline'' ) alignment along the row axis ,
937939 the first (last) inline-axis baseline of the row is
938940 generated from their shared <a>alignment baseline</a> and the row's <a>first available font</a> ,
939941 after alignment has been performed.
@@ -943,6 +945,19 @@ Determining the Baseline of a Box</h2>
943945
944946 A table row has no block-axis baseline.
945947
948+ <dt> ''table-column''
949+ <dd>
950+ If any cells in the column participate in ''baseline'' (''last-baseline'' ) alignment
951+ along the column axis (by having a writing mode perpendicular to that of the table),
952+ the first (last) block-axis baseline of the column is
953+ generated from their shared <a>alignment baseline</a> and the column's <a>first available font</a> ,
954+ after alignment has been performed.
955+ Otherwise, the the first (last) inline-axis baseline of the row
956+ is synthesized from the extreme content edges of the cells in the row.
957+ [[!CSS21]]
958+
959+ A table column has no inline-axis baseline.
960+
946961 <dt> ''table-cell''
947962 <dd>
948963 The inline-axis baseline of a table cell is the baseline of the first (last) in-flow line box in the cell,
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