td vertical-align: top;
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en'>
<head>
<title>vertical-align</title>
<style type='text/css'>
p {
font: 12px sans-serif;
}
span.line {
border: 1px solid rgb(200, 200, 200);
background: rgb(244, 244, 244);
font-size: 100px;
}
span.line span {
vertical-align: 300%;
font-size: 20px;
background: white;
border: 1px solid black;
}
td {
padding: 5px;
width: 100px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
td#baseline-copy {
vertical-align: baseline;
}
td#baseline {
font-size: 50px;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
td#td-top {
vertical-align: top;
}
td#td-middle {
vertical-align: middle;
}
td#td-bottom {
vertical-align: bottom;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td id='baseline-copy'>
This copy aligns with the bottom of the tallest content
in the first row of the table.
</td>
<td id='baseline'>Baseline</td>
<td id='td-top'>Top</td>
<td id='td-middle'>Middle</td>
<td id='td-bottom'>Bottom</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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