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HTML

<main>
    <p id="myid">trying to understand <code>vertical-align</code> better.</p>
</main>

CSS

#myid{
    border:1px solid black;
    padding: 20px;
    line-height: 100%;
}

#myid code {
    border:1px solid black;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    vertical-align:top;
}