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HTML

<a class="block"><span class="inline">hi</span>text</a>

CSS

.block {
  display: block;
  padding: 0 10px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  line-height: 26px;
  height: 26px;
}
.block span {
  color: red;
  margin-top: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
}