height / min-height on <table> and <tr>

CSS 2.1 §17.5.3: a table's (or row's) specified height is a minimum, never a clip - the used height is the greater of the specified value and the rows' own natural content height, with any surplus spread proportionally across the rows.

1 — table height, with vertical-align finally having room to matter

top

middle

bottom

2 — per-row height, for a uniform banded/letterhead layout

Invoice #	INV-2026-0142
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Notes	Net 30. A short cell and a much longer wrapped one still share the exact same 26pt row height, since it's declared on each <tr> rather than left to content.