Re: [CSS2.1] Visual formatting model: Boxes, BIDI, and Normal Flow

fantasai wrote:
> S9.10 Text direction: the 'direction' and 'unicode-bidi' properties
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-CSS21-20030915/visuren.html#direction

Left out the rest:

# For block-level elements this creates an override for inline-level
# descendents not within another block.

Why does adding a "display: block" to an element in a paragraph all
of a sudden obviate the need for a directional override?

# In this process, non-textual entities such as images are treated
# as neutral characters

as object replacement characters (U+FFFC)

~fantasai