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[css-inline-3] Editorial tweaks to drop-cap intro
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depends on the alignment of its glyph.
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Reference points on the drop cap must align precisely
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with reference points in the text.
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The alignment constraints for drop initials depend on the writing system.
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In Western scripts, the top reference points are
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the cap height of the initial letter and of the first line of text.
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The bottom reference points are
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<figcaption>Two-line drop cap showing baselines (green lines), cap-height (red line), and ascender (cyan line).</figcaption>
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</figure>
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The alignment constraints for drop initials depend on the writing system.
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In ideographic scripts, the initial letter extends
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from the <a>block-start</a> edge of the first line
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to the <a>block-end</a> edge of the Nth line.
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In Han-derived scripts, the initial letter extends
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from the <a>block-start</a> edge of the glyphs on the first line
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to the <a>block-end</a> edge of the glyphs on the Nth line.
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<figure>
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<img src="images/Initial-2line-JapaneseVertical六.png" width="480"
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alt="Japanese Vertical Initial">
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<figcaption>Two-line drop initial in vertical writing mode</figcaption>
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</figure>
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In some Indic scripts, the top alignment point
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is the hanging baseline,
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In certain Indic scripts,
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the top alignment point is the hanging baseline,
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and the bottom alignment point is the text-after-edge.
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