Actual (live) result in your browser:
Expected result (screen shot 520px width, 70px height):
Reference:
"text-top
align the top of the element with the top of the
parent element's font"
CSS 1, section
5.4.4, vertical-align property
"text-top
Align the top of the box with the top of the
parent's content area"
CSS 2.1, section
10.8.1, vertical-align property
Firefox 2.0.0.14, Firefox 3, Opera 9.27, Opera 9.50, Safari 3.1.2, Safari 4.0, Konqueror 3.5.2, Seamonkey 1.x, Seamonkey 2.x, K-meleon 1.x, Galeon 2.0.4, Epiphany 2.22 all pass this test. Hv3 TKHTML alpha 16 almost pass this test.
Update: This bug has been FIXED in Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 (build 6001.18241) released on August 28th 2008. Otherwise, Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 PASSES this specific and particular testcase.