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[css-inline] resolve i18n-issue-406 by clarifying nature of initial letter selection
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<h3 id="selecting-drop-initials">Selecting Initial Letters</h3>
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Initial letters are typically a single letter, which can be selected by the <code>::first-letter</code> pseudo-element, as defined in [[SELECT]].
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Initial letters are typically a single letter, although
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they may include punctuation or a sequence of characters which
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are perceived by the user to be a single typographic unit.
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The <code>::first-letter</code> pseudo-element, as defined in [[SELECT]], can be used to select an <a>initial letter</a>.
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<p>Authors who need more control over which characters are included in an initial letter, or who want to apply initial-letter formatting to replaced elements or multiple words can also apply the 'initial-letter' property to the first inline-level child of a block container.
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<div class="head">
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<p data-fill-with="logo"><a class="logo" href="http://www.w3.org/"> <img alt="W3C" height="48" src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"> </a> </p>
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<h1 class="p-name no-ref" id="title">CSS Inline Layout Module Level 3</h1>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled" id="subtitle"><span class="content">Editor’s Draft, <time class="dt-updated" datetime="2015-09-24">24 September 2015</time></span></h2>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled" id="subtitle"><span class="content">Editor’s Draft, <time class="dt-updated" datetime="2015-09-25">25 September 2015</time></span></h2>
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<dt>This version:
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<p class="caption">Raised cap. The initial letter is the size of a 3-line initial, but does not drop.</p>
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</figure>
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<h3 class="heading settled" data-level="2.2" id="selecting-drop-initials"><span class="secno">2.2. </span><span class="content">Selecting Initial Letters</span><a class="self-link" href="#selecting-drop-initials"></a></h3>
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<p>Initial letters are typically a single letter, which can be selected by the <code>::first-letter</code> pseudo-element, as defined in <a data-link-type="biblio" href="#biblio-select">[SELECT]</a>.</p>
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<p>Initial letters are typically a single letter, although
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they may include punctuation or a sequence of characters which
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are perceived by the user to be a single typographic unit.
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The <code>::first-letter</code> pseudo-element, as defined in <a data-link-type="biblio" href="#biblio-select">[SELECT]</a>, can be used to select an <a data-link-type="dfn" href="#initial-letter">initial letter</a>.</p>
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<p>Authors who need more control over which characters are included in an initial letter, or who want to apply initial-letter formatting to replaced elements or multiple words can also apply the <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter</a> property to the first inline-level child of a block container. </p>
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<div class="example" id="example-bab63235">
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<a class="self-link" href="#example-bab63235"></a>
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<p>An <dfn data-dfn-type="dfn" data-lt="initial letter | initial letter box" data-noexport="" id="initial-letter">initial letter<a class="self-link" href="#initial-letter"></a></dfn> is
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a box to which <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter</a> applies and is not <a class="css" data-link-type="maybe" href="#valdef-initial-letter-normal">normal</a>:
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this triggers the special layout considerations described below.</p>
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<div class="example" id="example-b3584378">
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<a class="self-link" href="#example-b3584378"></a> Here are some examples of <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter</a> usage:
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<div class="example" id="example-7f3f9911">
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<a class="self-link" href="#example-7f3f9911"></a> Here are some examples of <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter</a> usage:
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<dl>
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<dt><a class="css" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter: 3</a>
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<dt>(<a class="css" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter: 3 3</a>)
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Represents a <a data-link-type="dfn" href="#raised-initial">raised initial</a> 3 lines high, 1 line deep.
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<p><img alt="3 lines high, 1 line deep" src="images/InitialLetter31.png" width="360"></p>
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<dt><a class="css" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter: 2.45 3</a>
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<dt><a class="css" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-initial-letter">initial-letter: 2.51 3</a>
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The size of the initial letter does not have to be an integral number of lines. In this case only the bottom aligns.
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<p><img alt="Non-integral initial letter that only aligns at base" src="images/non-integer-initial.png" width="360"></p>

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