Vertical Centering a block in IE7

Question

I\'m trying to get vertical centering a block in IE7 (IE6 if possible too), let me get one thing clear - I\'m not vertically centering the actual element, but the text with

Answer 1

Why don't you try a padding?

a {
    display: inline-block;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 20px;
    background: black;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Hello superlongword

That sure works crossbrowser atleast for IE7 (couldn't test on IE6), example