- From: Werner Donné <werner.donne@re.be>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:14:18 +0100
- To: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Yes, but then we partially lose control over the inline material that is affected by the :first-letter pseudo element. Couldn't the inline properties be said to apply to the inline material? Garrett Smith wrote: > vertical-align does not apply to block level elements. > > (float converts elements to block level). > > > > On 12/19/05, Werner Donné <werner.donne@re.be> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Why does the property "vertical-align" only apply for >> a ":first-line" pseudo element when "float" is "none"? >> When the first letter is rendered as a float it should >> be possible to fine-tune its vertical alignment, which >> depends on the font. If you want the height of the >> first letter to occupy exactly three lines, for example, >> you also want to align it properly to those lines. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Werner. >> -- >> Werner Donné -- Re BVBA >> Engelbeekstraat 8 >> B-3300 Tienen >> tel: (+32) 486 425803 e-mail: werner.donne@re.be >> >> > > > -- > http://dhtmlkitchen.com/ > > -- Werner Donné -- Re BVBA Engelbeekstraat 8 B-3300 Tienen tel: (+32) 486 425803 e-mail: werner.donne@re.be
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