vertical align a link next to an image issues

Hi,

I have read many posts on here about vertically aligning text but none seem to adress my issue or at least I dont think they do. I want to vertically align two links to the middle sitting next to an image each. The images and links are sitting within a div and the links currently sit at the top of the div. I can position the link easily enough horizontally by placing padding on #iconPan a but it stubbornly wont respond vertically when I add any top padding.

Here is my html:

<div id="iconPan">
<div class="icon"><img src="images/exclamation.gif" alt="FAQs" width="35" height="35" class="image" /><a href="">FAQs</a></div>
<div class="icon"><img src="images/home.gif" alt="Home" width="35" height="35" class="image" /><a href="index.html">Home</a></div>
</div>

Here is my css:

#iconPan {width:900px; float:left; border:none; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0;}

.icon {width:100px; float:left; border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0;}

#iconPan .image{float:left; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px;}

#iconPan a{color:#0023A0; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.25em; font-weight:normal; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px;}

#iconPan a:hover{color:#ffaa00; text-decoration:underline;}

You can see the 2 images and links sitting at the bottom of the screen in this URL: http://www.michael-williams.com.au/index2.html

Any hints or tips as to what I can do would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Try adding line-height:35px; to #iconPan

Ah thank you abduraooft! A perfectly simple solution!