“absmiddle” is a non-standard value for an images tags align property.
While widely implemented, it isn’t a part of the HTML 4.x spec.
This helpful property caused the image to be shifted down to rest on the same line as elements around it.
![no-align Example of image without align property](http://blog.derakkilgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/no-align.png)
![with-align](http://blog.derakkilgo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/with-align.png)
Here is a CSS way to make an image have the same settings as the absmiddle property.
IMG.absmiddle {
vertical-align: middle;
margin-bottom: .25em;
}
Thanks to George on code2design.com for this tip.