JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by cent cent

HTML

<div class="prevNext">
    <a class="prev" href="#">Previous Article</a>
    <a class="next" href="#">Next Article</a>
</div>

<div class="prevNext2">
<a class="prev" href="#">Previous Article</a><a class="next" href="#">Next Article</a>
</div>

CSS

body {
    margin: 10px;
}

.prevNext {
    text-align: justify;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    line-height: 0;
}

.prevNext a {
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 1.2;
}

.prevNext:after {
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    vertical-align: top;
}

.prevNext2 {
    text-align: justify;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.prevNext2 a {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    top: 1em;
}

.prevNext2:after {
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
}

.prevNext2:before{
    content: '';
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: -1em; /* your line-height */
}