You don't, vertical-align is not meant for that use.
I would suggest using a background image for the <li> or the <a> and then you can position the BG image where you want it.
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Yeah, that is exactly what I do. One of the problems problems with list-style: image, is that the image doesn't always line up like we imagine it should.
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