Vertically align smaller bullets with larger text

Question

I have a list with bullets. I made the bullets smaller by putting the li text inside a span and making the font-size of the li smaller tha

Answer 1

This is what I used, it centers on both the bullet & the content

Jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/VR2hP/14/

CSS:

ul {
  padding-left: 5em;
  list-style: none;
}

li.twitter::before,
li.fb::before {    
  font-family: 'FontAwesome';
  margin: 0 .2em 0 -1.5em;
  font-size: 3em;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

li.twitter::before {
  content: '\f081';
}

li.fb::before {
    content: '\f082';
}

li {
  list-style-type: none;
}

li span {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
}