Re: Inline h*ll

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Erik van der Poel wrote:

>>> However, the author may also wish to have finer control over the
>>> border. He may want to draw it as tightly as possible around the
>>> text, i.e. zero or little vertical space between text and border.
>> 
>> Doesn't this happen anyway if the padding is zero?
> 
> If the inline element is <span>_</span>, does the current CSS spec say
> that the border is drawn immediately above the top of the _ or at the
> height of the font itself?

Oh, _that_ kind of tightly. 

That would probably be best dealt with by some extensions to the 'outline'
property, IMHO.

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