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HTML
<table>
<tr><td>X</td><td><div></div></td><td><div style="margin:0px"></div></td></tr>
</table>CSS
* { vertical-align: baseline !important; }
div { margin: 5px; padding: 5px; background: blue; }
td { font-size: 30px; }