<!DOCTYPE HTML> <!-- Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ --> <html><head> <title>text-overflow: Standards mode line height</title> <style type="text/css"> @font-face { font-family: DejaVuSansMono; src: url(../fonts/DejaVuSansMono.woff); } html,body { color:black; background-color:white; font-size:16px; padding:0; margin:0; font-family:DejaVuSansMono; } .test { overflow:hidden; float:left; white-space:pre; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em; font-size:24px; color:blue; border:1px solid black; position:relative; } span { font-size:16px; color:black; } .rlo { unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction:rtl; } .lro { unicode-bidi: bidi-override; } .rtl { direction:rtl; } .ltr { direction:ltr; } .t1 { width:4em; } m { font-size:24px; color:blue; line-height:8px; } </style> </head><body> <div class="test t1"><span>0123456|</span><m>…</m></div> <div class="test rtl rlo t1"><span>0123456|</span><m>…</m></div> </body> </html>