Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-writing-modes][css-tables] vertical-align in orthogonal table cells (#4033)

I should test in browsers just to be sure, but as far as I know, `vertical-align` works on the cells at the table row level, as in: cells get aligned in the first row layout based on that, so `vertical-align` does not apply in the table cell block axis but the table row block axis, just like it does for inlines in a block.

My understanding is that the thing that is special about tables is not how vertical-align works, it is that after the alignment, all cells are stretched to the full line height, where in a block>inline situation, there is empty space above/below the aligned inlines.

> At this point, cell boxes that are smaller than the height of the rows they span receive extra top and/or bottom padding such that their content does not move vertically but their top and bottom edges meet the ones of the rows they span.

I guess I should clarify that `vertically` in the above spec text refers to the verticality of the table row, but there is a figure just above that kinda does clarify it a bit.

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