@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ Drop Initial</h4>
324324 depends on the alignment of its glyph.
325325 Reference points on the drop cap must align precisely
326326 with reference points in the text.
327+ The alignment constraints for drop initials depend on the writing system.
328+
327329 In Western scripts, the top reference points are
328330 the cap height of the initial letter and of the first line of text.
329331 The bottom reference points are
@@ -337,19 +339,18 @@ Drop Initial</h4>
337339 <figcaption> Two-line drop cap showing baselines (green lines), cap-height (red line), and ascender (cyan line).</figcaption>
338340 </figure>
339341
340- The alignment constraints for drop initials depend on the writing system.
341- In ideographic scripts, the initial letter extends
342- from the <a>block-start</a> edge of the first line
343- to the <a>block-end</a> edge of the Nth line.
342+ In Han-derived scripts, the initial letter extends
343+ from the <a>block-start</a> edge of the glyphs on the first line
344+ to the <a>block-end</a> edge of the glyphs on the Nth line.
344345
345346 <figure>
346347 <img src="images/Initial-2line-JapaneseVertical六.png" width="480"
347348 alt="Japanese Vertical Initial">
348349 <figcaption> Two-line drop initial in vertical writing mode</figcaption>
349350 </figure>
350351
351- In some Indic scripts, the top alignment point
352- is the hanging baseline,
352+ In certain Indic scripts,
353+ the top alignment point is the hanging baseline,
353354 and the bottom alignment point is the text-after-edge.
354355
355356 <figure>
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