Hi Casey, The spec says[1], the vertical-align property applies to inline-level and 'table-cell' elements. You might find the following links helpful: W3C Spec[1]: <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-vertical-align> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-vertical-align Understanding Vertical align: http://phrogz.net/CSS/vertical-align/index.html Vertical Align Misuse: http://www.ibloomstudios.com/articles/vertical-align_misuse