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[css-pseudo] Remove right for UAs to format ::first-letter differently
Resolution: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Sep/0384.html
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‎css-pseudo/Overview.bs‎

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User agents may apply other properties as well.
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To allow User-Agents to render a typographically correct drop cap or initial cap,
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the User-Agent may choose a line-height, width and height
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based on the shape of the letter, unlike for normal elements.
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Note: In previous levels of CSS,
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User Agents were allowed to choose a line height, width and height based on the shape of the letter,
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approximate font sizes,
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or to take the glyph outline into account when formatting.
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This possibility has been intentionally removed,
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as it proved to be a poor solution for the intended use case (Drop Caps),
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yet caused interoperability problems.
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<div class="example">
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block element.
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</div>
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In order to achieve traditional drop caps formatting, user agents may
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approximate font sizes, for example to align baselines. Also, the glyph
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outline may be taken into account when formatting.
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<h2 id="highlight-pseudos">
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Highlight Range Pseudo-element: ''::selection''</h2>
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‎css-pseudo/Overview.html‎

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<p>User agents may apply other properties as well.</p>
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<p>To allow User-Agents to render a typographically correct drop cap or initial cap,
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the User-Agent may choose a line-height, width and height
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based on the shape of the letter, unlike for normal elements.</p>
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<p class=note>Note: In previous levels of CSS,
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User Agents were allowed to choose a line height, width and height based on the shape of the letter,
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approximate font sizes,
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or to take the glyph outline into account when formatting.
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This possibility has been intentionally removed,
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as it proved to be a poor solution for the intended use case (Drop Caps),
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yet caused interoperability problems.</p>
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<div class=example>
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block element.</p>
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</div>
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<p>In order to achieve traditional drop caps formatting, user agents may
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approximate font sizes, for example to align baselines. Also, the glyph
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outline may be taken into account when formatting.</p>
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<h2 class="heading settled" data-level=3 id=highlight-pseudos><span class=secno>3. </span><span class=content>
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Highlight Range Pseudo-element: <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#selectordef-selection title=::selection>::selection</a></span><a class=self-link href=#highlight-pseudos></a></h2>
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