@@ -689,12 +689,10 @@ Inline Box Heights: the 'inline-sizing' property</h3>
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<p> The <span class="propinst-height"> 'height' </span> property does not
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apply. The height of the content area should be based on the font, but
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this specification does not specify how. A UA may, e.g., use the
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- em-box or the maximum ascender and descender of the font. (The latter
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+ the maximum ascender and descender of the font. (This
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would ensure that glyphs with parts above or below the em-box still
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fall within the content area, but leads to differently sized boxes for
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- different fonts; the former would ensure authors can control
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- background styling relative to the 'line-height' , but leads to glyphs
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- painting outside their content area.)
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+ different fonts.)
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</p>
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<p class=note> Note: level 3 of CSS will probably include a property to
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select which measure of the font is used for the content height.
@@ -707,13 +705,10 @@ class="propinst-line-height">'line-height'</span> is used when calculating
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the height of the line box.
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</p>
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<p> <a name="multi-font-inline-height"></a> If more than one font is
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- used (this could happen when glyphs are found in different fonts), the
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- height of the content area is not defined by this specification.
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- However, we suggest that the height is chosen such that the content
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- area is just high enough for either (1) the em-boxes, or (2) the
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- maximum ascenders and descenders, of <em> all</em> the fonts in the
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- element. Note that this may be larger than any of the font sizes
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- involved, depending on the baseline alignment of the fonts.
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+ used (this could happen when glyphs are found in different fonts),
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+ the height of the content area is not affected
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+ by the glyphs from the fallback fonts,
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+ and only depends on the first available font.</p>
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</p>
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<h2 id="initial-letter-styling">
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