How to vertically align spans with text and image

Question

I have now been looking for hours (obviously not in the right place!)

Please consider this sample: http://jsfiddle.net/DYLs4/9/

<div id="wrapper">
    <span id="text24">Text 24</span>
    <span id="text12">Text 12</span>
    <span id="icon"></span>
</div>

css:

#text24{
    font-size:24px; color:#999;   
}
#text12{
    font-size:12px; color:#000;  
}
#icon{
    height:36px; width:36px;
    display:inline-block;
    background:url(some-icon.png);
}​

​

What I'm trying to achieve is this:

• Center vertically the text24 (relative to the image)
• Align the bottom of text12 with bottom of text24
• Make sure the whole thing work in IE6 -> chrome

Many thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Add vertical-align: middle to your image.

EDIT

Per comments, this solution also requires display:inline-block;.