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Figure 9-18
The speech bubble vertically aligned to the baseline of the text.
vertical-align
also accepts the following values, as demonstrated in Figure 9-19:
•
middle
—Aligns the vertical midpoint of the inline element with the baseline and half of the x-height (the
height of the lowercase
x
character). In Figure 9-19, note that because the speech bubble image is 15 px tall,
the browser doesn't quite perfectly center the image.
•
sub
—Lowers the baseline of the inline element to meet the position for subscripts
<sub>.
•
super
—Raises the baseline of the inline element to meet the position for superscripts
<sup>.
•
text-top
—Aligns the top of the inline element with the top of the text.
•
text-bottom
—Aligns the bottom of the inline element with the bottom of the text.
Figure 9-19
The speech bubble when vertically aligned to the baseline, subscript, superscript, text-top, and text-bottom
positions.
