Setting :first-letter to a larger font size (specifically, 3em in this case) causes the line-height of the first line of a paragraph to be set differently from the rest of the paragraph. Since this pseudo-class was essentially designed for drop caps, it makes the feature unusable from a design perspective.

To achieve drop-caps you need to set the property "float: left;" as per the CSS2 spec. Note that gecko doesn't yet support this (I already have an open bug on that problem). However, I'm leaving the bug open because your test demonstrates another problem with a scrogged line-height.

Setting all current Open/Normal to M4.

THis test page now layouts properly; the issue with the odd line-height has been resolved and repaired.

petersen as QA contact

Fixed. Tested in Apprunner with Mac (March 9th Build) and Windows NT, Win 95 (March 8th Build).