Jared Nielsen wrote:
is it true that each "line" within a span
is treated as it's own "box"?
Each character has it's character-box (= em-box). These em-boxes build
the content area, and together with the leading (= line-height -
font-size), the inline-box is build.
The different font-sizes and line-heights that may occur in one line
build different inline-boxes. These inline-boxes determine the overall
line-box of a line.
With the border, you are visualizing the content-area (+ padding) of
every line within that span.
span {border: 1px solid red;}
span.intheline {font-size: 4em;}
<span>Lorem <span class="intheline">ipsum</span> dolor sit amet,...</span>
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