@@ -568,20 +568,14 @@ Creating Initial Letters: the 'initial-letter' property</h3>
568568<h4 id="initial-letter-properties">
569569Properties</h4>
570570
571- The following properties apply to an <a>initial letter</a> :
572-
573- <ul>
574- <li> all font properties (see [[CSS3-FONTS]] )
575- <li> the 'color' and 'opacity' properties (see [[CSS3COLOR]] )
576- <li> all background properties (see [[CSS3BG]] )
577- <li> any typesetting properties that apply to inline elements (see [[CSS3TEXT]] )
578- <li> all text decoration properties (see [[CSS3-TEXT-DECOR]] )
579- <li> all margin, border and padding properties (see [[CSS2]] and [[CSS3BG]] )
580- </ul>
581-
582- Note: Which properties apply to <a>initial letter</a>
583- depend on whether it is an inline box or an <a>initial letter</a> box,
584- as <a>initial letter</a> is a display type.
571+ All properties that apply to an <a>inline box</a>
572+ also apply to an <a>initial letter</a>
573+ (unless it is an <a>atomic inline</a> ,
574+ in which case the set of properties that apply to an <a>atomic inline</a> apply)
575+ except for 'vertical-align' and its <a>sub-properties</a> .
576+ <!-- Basically, any properties defined in css-inline
577+ except those specific to initial letters,
578+ so keep this list updated as we add things to this spec. -->
585579
586580 Issue: Add 'width' /'height' as requested by Tantek... need to integrate with model.
587581 See GitHub issue <a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/863">863</a>
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