On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:35 PM, "Robert O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would expect the two lines to rotate as though the transform was applied to their bounding box, all without disturbing any of the content outside the span.
>
> Even if the inlines are in different CSS columns?
Yes.
> Or if the inlines are in completely unrelated positions on the page due to CSS regions?
Yes.
> How about different printed pages?
It might be a little odd, but yes, if the author did something that silly, he should get consistent results. I think that is most intuitive, explainable, and expected.