Thanks, Bob.  I know it's possible to take table-aversion too far, and you are 
right in saying the information is essentially tabular.  I'll look into it.

Meanwhile I'm using a varying number of <br /> which has the merit of being 
very 
simple to insert.  Provided the content is fairly static, it's not much trouble 
to maintain, either.  Not good semantically, of course, and I'm sure I'll have 
the standardistas after me.

Tim

designer wrote:
> Tim:  I know you said that you didn't want to go the table way, but a table 
> in this case is perfectly acceptable, insofar as the relationship between 
> the image and text is a tabular one. I wouldn't hesitate to use a table 
> here, so long as it's marked up properly.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Dawson" <t...@ramasaig.com>
> To: <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:45 AM
> Subject: [css-d] Vertically centering text in a paragraph
> 
> 
>> I'm working on a site which has several images on the page (300x225px). 
>> Each
>> image has some descriptive text alongside, which generally is not as high 
>> as the
>> image.  My client would like the text vertically centred on the image.
>>
>> http://www.mull-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk/newcrofts/self-catering.php
>>
>> CSS deliberately seems to avoid a v-align capability in paragraphs.  I 
>> realise I
>> could introduce padding, but that would have to be tailored for every 
>> piece of
>> text. Tables allow v-align in cells, I know, but I don't want to go that 
>> route
>> either  Is there a better way, please ?
>>
>> Tim Dawson
>>
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