css/css-writing-modes/reference/table-cell-align-005-ref.html

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<title>CSS Writing Modes reference: text-align in orthogonal table cell</title>

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<style>
table {
  font: 40px/1 Ahem;
  border: 1px solid gray;
}

td {
  height: 2em;
  padding: 0;
  color: green;
  vertical-align: top;
}

td div {
  position: relative;
}

.t {
  top: 0;
}
.m {
  top: 0.5em;
}
.b {
  top: 1em;
}
</style>

<table>
 <tr>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=m>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<br>
<table>
 <tr>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=m>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<br>
<table>
 <tr>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=m>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<br>
<table>
 <tr>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=m>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=b>X</div></td>
  <td><div class=t>X</div></td>
 </tr>
</table>