Bottom The bottom of the image is aligned with the baseline of the surrounding text.
Text Top The top of the image is aligned with the tallest letter or object in the current line.
Absolute Middle The middle of the image is aligned with the middle of the tallest text or object in the
current line.
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Absolute Bottom The bottom of the image is aligned with the descenders (as in y, g, p, and so forth) that fall
below the current baseline.
Left The image is aligned to the left edge of the browser or table cell, and all text in the current
line flows around the right side of the image.
Right The image is aligned to the right edge of the browser or table cell, and all text in the
current line flows around the left side of the image.
The last two alignment options, Left and Right, are special cases; details about how to use their features are
covered in the following section.
Wrapping text
Most browsers support wrapping text around an image on a Web page??”long a popular design option in
conventional publishing. As noted in the preceding section, the Left and Right alignment options turn a picture
into a floating image type. This type is so called because the image can move depending on the amount
of text and the size of the browser window.
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