Stackoverflow - Vertically and horizontally centering text in circle in CSS (like iphone notification badge)

http://stackoverflow.com/q/4801181/918414

by panique

HTML

<div class="badge">1</div>
<div class="badge">2</div>
<div class="badge">3</div>
<div class="badge">44</div>
<div class="badge">55</div>
<div class="badge">666</div>
<div class="badge">777</div>
<div class="badge">8888</div>
<div class="badge">9999</div>


       
           

            
            
                        
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            




    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
























































































































    
<script>

/* by: thinkingstiff.com
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ */

var headerUri = 'http://stackoverflow.com/q/4801181/918414',
    headerCaption = 'Vertically and horizontally centering text in circle in CSS (like iphone notification badge)';
    
document.body.insertAdjacentHTML( 
    'afterBegin',
      '<a href="' + headerUri + '" '
    + 'target="_top" '
    +...

CSS

.badge {
    background:             radial-gradient( 5px -9px, circle, white 8%, red 26px );
        background:    -moz-radial-gradient( 5px -9px, circle, white 8%, red 26px );
        background:     -ms-radial-gradient( 5px -9px, circle, white 8%, red 26px );
        background:      -o-radial-gradient( 5px -9px, circle, white 8%, red 26px );
        background: -webkit-radial-gradient( 5px -9px, circle, white 8%, red 26px );
    background-color: red;
    border: 2px solid white;
    border-radius: 12px; /* one half of ( (border * 2) + height + padding ) */
    box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;
    color: white;
    font: bold 15px/13px Helvetica, Verdana, Tahoma;
    height: 16px; 
    padding: 4px 3px 0 3px;
    text-align: center;
    min-width: 14px;
}

/* only needed for this sample */
.badge {
    float: left;
    left: 25px;
    margin: 6px;
    position: relative;
    top: 25px; 
}