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[css-writing-modes] Clarify that computed writing mode can affect other properties even when writing-mode doesn't apply to that element. #1782 
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<p>This module replaces and extends the 'unicode-bidi' and 'direction'
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features defined in [[!CSS2]] sections 8.6 and 9.10.
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<p>The <a>computed values</a> of the
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'writing-mode', 'direction', and 'text-orientation' properties
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(even on elements to which these properties themselves don't apply [[CSS-CASCADE-4]])
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are broadly able to influence the computed values of other, unrelated properties
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through calculations such as
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the computation of <a>font-relative lengths</a>
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or the cascade of <a>flow-relative properties</a>
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which purposefully depend on the computed <a>writing mode</a>
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or on font metrics that can depend on the <a>writing mode</a>.
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<h3 id="values">
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Value Types and Terminology</h3>
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<p>This module replaces and extends the 'unicode-bidi' and 'direction'
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features defined in [[!CSS2]] sections 8.6 and 9.10.
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<p>The <a>computed values</a> of the
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'writing-mode', 'direction', and 'text-orientation' properties
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(even on elements to which these properties themselves don't apply [[CSS-CASCADE-4]])
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are broadly able to influence the computed values of other, unrelated properties
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through calculations such as
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the computation of <a>font-relative lengths</a>
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or the cascade of <a>flow-relative properties</a>
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which purposefully depend on the computed <a>writing mode</a>
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or on font metrics that can depend on the <a>writing mode</a>.
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Value Types and Terminology</h3>
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