I think the problem comes from a lack of understand of the complexity of such a task. Vertical align text according to what? The easiest way to vertical align t

I think the problem comes from a lack of understand of the complexity of such a task. Vertical align text according to what? The easiest way to vertical align text is exactly how you'd expect it to be, and it solves the problem perfectly. If you want to align text vertically, you just do font-size: 20px; line-height: 40px; vertical-align: middle; What's the problem?