@@ -719,13 +719,13 @@ Block Flow Direction: the 'writing-mode' property</h3>
719719 </dl>
720720
721721 <p> The 'writing-mode' property specifies the <i> block flow direction</i> ,
722- which determines the progression of block-level boxes in a block formatting
723- context; the progression of line boxes in a block container that contains
724- inlines; the progression of rows in a table; etc. By virtue of determining
725- the stacking direction of line boxes, the 'writing-mode' property also
726- determines whether the line boxes' orientation (and thus the <i> writing mode</i> )
727- is horizontal or vertical. The 'text-orientation' property then determines
728- how text is laid out within the line box.
722+ which determines the ordering direction of block-level boxes in a block formatting context;
723+ the ordering direction of line boxes in a block container that contains inlines;
724+ the ordering direction of rows in a table; etc.
725+ By virtue of determining the stacking direction of line boxes,
726+ the 'writing-mode' property also determines whether the line boxes' orientation (and thus the <i> writing mode</i> )
727+ is horizontal or vertical.
728+ The 'text-orientation' property then determines how text is laid out within the line box.
729729
730730 <p> The <dfn export id="principal-writing-mode">principal writing mode</dfn> of the
731731 document is determined by the 'writing-mode' and 'direction' values
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ Abstract Box Terminology</h2>
13731373 <p export> The <dfn>physical dimensions</dfn> are <dfn>width</dfn> and <dfn>height</dfn> ,
13741374 which correspond to measurements along the <dfn title="x-axis|horizontal axis">x-axis</dfn>
13751375 (<dfn>horizontal dimension</dfn> ) and <dfn title="y-axis|vertical axis">y-axis</dfn> (<dfn>vertical dimension</dfn> ),
1376- respectively. <a href="#abstract-dimensions ">Abstract dimensions</a>
1376+ respectively. <a href="#abstract-axes ">Abstract dimensions</a>
13771377 are identical in both flow-relative and line-relative terms, so there
13781378 is only one set of these terms.
13791379
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ Flow-relative Directions</h3>
14261426
14271427 <dl export>
14281428 <dt> <dfn>block-start</dfn>
1429- <dd> The side that comes earlier in the block progression ,
1429+ <dd> The side that comes earlier in the <i> block flow direction </i> ,
14301430 as determined by the 'writing-mode' property:
14311431 the physical top in ''horizontal-tb'' mode,
14321432 the right in ''vertical-rl'' , and the left in ''vertical-lr'' .
@@ -1744,15 +1744,14 @@ Principles of Layout in Vertical Writing Modes</h3>
17441744 <p> For features such as text alignment, floating, and list marker positioning,
17451745 that primarily reference the left or right sides of the line box or
17461746 its longitudinal parallels and therefore have no top or bottom equivalent,
1747- the <a href="#line-left">line left</a> and <a href="#line-right">line
1748- right</a> sides are used as the reference for the left and right sides
1749- respectively.
1747+ the <i> line-left</i> and <i> line-right</i> sides
1748+ are used as the reference for the left and right sides respectively.
17501749
17511750 <p> Likewise for features such as underlining, overlining, and baseline alignment
17521751 (the unfortunately-named 'vertical-align' ), that primarily reference the
17531752 top or bottom sides of the linebox or its transversal parallels and
1754- therefore have no left or right equivalent, the <a href="#over" >line-over</a >
1755- and <a href="#under" >line-under</a > sides are used as the reference for the
1753+ therefore have no left or right equivalent, the <i > line-over</i >
1754+ and <i > line-under</i > sides are used as the reference for the
17561755 top and bottom sides respectively.
17571756
17581757 <p> The details of these mappings are provided below.
@@ -2095,23 +2094,23 @@ Flow-Relative Mappings</h3>
20952094Line-Relative Mappings</h3>
20962095
20972096 <p> The <a>line-relative directions</a> are
2098- <a href="#over" >over</a > ,
2099- <a href="#under" >under</a > ,
2100- <a href="#line-left" >line-left</a > , and
2101- <a href="#line-right" >line-right</a> . In an
2102- <abbr title="left-to-right"> LTR</abbr>
2103- ''horizontal-tb'' writing mode, they correspond to the
2097+ <i > over</i > ,
2098+ <i > under</i > ,
2099+ <i > line-left</i > , and
2100+ <i > line-right</i> .
2101+ In an <abbr title="left-to-right"> LTR</abbr> ''horizontal-tb'' writing mode,
2102+ they correspond to the
21042103 top, bottom, left, and right directions, respectively.
21052104
2106- <p> The line-right and line-left directions are calculated
2105+ <p> The <i> line-right</i> and <i> line-left</i> directions are calculated
21072106 with respect to the writing mode of the box and used
21082107 to interpret the ''left'' and ''right'' values of the
21092108 following properties:
21102109 <ul>
21112110 <li> the 'text-align' property [[!CSS21]]
21122111 </ul>
21132112
2114- <p> The line-right and line-left directions are calculated
2113+ <p> The <i> line-right</i> and <i> line-left</i> directions are calculated
21152114 with respect to the writing mode of the <em> containing
21162115 block</em> of the box and used to interpret the ''left''
21172116 and ''right'' values of the following properties:
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