Re: baseline of inline element

Srinivasan Raman wrote:
> 
> In order vertically align the marker and principal box along
> its baseline, I am trying to find the distance from the top of
> the box to its baseline.

A marker box is just like an inline box. The height of an inline box is 
described in http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/css/2000/01/dibm

HTH,
-- 
Ian Hickson
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the limitations of a particular device (e.g., non interactive user agents will
probably not implement dynamic pseudo-classes because they make no sense
without interactivity) does not imply non-conformance.'' -- Selectors, Sec13