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[css-inline] initial-letter should allow zero sink?

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#3,698 opened on Mar 1, 2019

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https://drafts.csswg.org/css-inline/#valdef-initial-letters-integer "Values less than one are invalid. "

FYI, here's an initial letter style from a printed magazine "The Guardian Weekly" vol.200 No.8: img_1130 which appears to use something like initial-letter:15 0. Is this use case something that the spec should address?

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Basic understanding of CSS initial letter propertyFamiliarity with CSS inline layout
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Research direction
Review the CSS Inline Layout specification at https://drafts.csswg.org/css inline/#valdef initial letters integer to understand the current definition of initial letter sink. Consider the use case of zero or negative sink as shown in the magazine example. Discuss in the issue whether the spec should allow such values and whether that aligns with the intended behavior. Check existing comments for prior discussions and maintainer feedback.