Example of vertically aligning inline elements with the vertical-align property

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background: #c2c2c2;
        font-size: 90%;
      }
      table {
        background: #fff;
        width: 200px;
        border-collapse: separate;
        margin: 15px;
        height: 200px;
      }
      table td {
        background: #83d483;
        color: #fff;
        padding: 15px;
        border: 5px solid #fff;
        /* default is vertical-align: middle; */
      }
      .center-table {
        display: table;
        height: 200px;
        background: #fff;
        width: 200px;
        margin: 20px;
      }
      .center-table p {
        display: table-cell;
        margin: 0;
        background: #83d483;
        color: #fff;
        padding: 20px;
        border: 5px solid #fff;
        vertical-align: middle;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <table>
      <tr>
        <td>Example of vertically centered multiple lines of text in a table cell.</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <div class="center-table">
      <p>Example of vertically centered multiple lines of text in a CSS-created table layout.</p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>