How do I vertically align something inside a span tag?

Question

How do I get the \"x\" to be vertically-aligned in the middle of the span?

.foo {
    height: 50px;
    border: solid black 1px;
    display: inline-block;
          


        

Answer 1

Set padding-top to be an appropriate value to push the x down, then subtract the value you have for padding-top from the height.