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HTML

<div class="menu">
    <div class="menuitem"><a href="item1.html" class="menulink">Item 1</a></div>
    <div class="menuitem"><a href="item2.html" class="menulink">Item 2 extra text</a></div>
</div>

CSS

.menu {
    margin: 20px;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.menuitem {
    height: 78px;
    width: 102px;
    padding: 15px 9px;
    margin: auto 0;
    display: flex;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: black;
}

.menulink {
    width: 100%;
    color: white;
    padding: 2px;
    margin: auto;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.menulink:hover {
    border: 1px dotted white;
}