text-box-edge

Works with 'text-box-trim' to define which metric (like the 'cap height' or 'alphabetic' baseline) should be used as the boundary when trimming the space around a block of text.

It is documented as part of the CSS Inline specification.

/* Usage Example */
h1 {
  text-box-trim: both;
  /* Trims the box exactly to the top of the capital letters and the bottom of the baseline */
  text-box-edge: cap alphabetic;
}

/* Syntax */
text-box-edge: auto;

/* Global values */
text-box-edge: inherit;
text-box-edge: initial;
text-box-edge: revert;
text-box-edge: revert-layer;
text-box-edge: unset;
Limited availability Since 2020 80% global usage

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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