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HTML
<div class="circle"><span>PERFECTLY ROUND NO MATTER THE FONT SIZE!!!!!!</span></div>
CSS
.circle {
display: inline-block;
border-radius: 50%;
min-width: 20px;
min-height: 20px;
padding: 5px;
background: red;
color: white;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1;
box-sizing: content-box;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.circle:before {
content: "";
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
padding-top: 100%;
height: 0;
}
.circle span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}