Stop text from breaking to next line - css

Question

How do I stop the text in my webpage from breaking to the next line. Its a navigation bar.
I tried both: 'whitespace: nowrap;' and 'overflow: hidden;' which gives me this result:
. The text doesn't break to the next line, but the drop down menus don't work and the text 'Arc Studios' is cut off on the top and bottom.
How do I stop the text from breaking to the next line, while still keeping all of the functions (drop-down menus, and the 'Arc Studios' text)?
CSS
p {
text-align: justify;
color: #000000;
text-indent:5px;
}
body {
background: #f5f5f5;
background-image: url('brushed.png');
}
footer {
background: rgb(63,76,107); /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%, rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(63,76,107,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(63,76,107,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#3f4c6b', endColorstr='#3f4c6b',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px #000000;
border-radius: 0px;
text-indent: 5px;
position: absolute; right: 0; left: 0;
margin-top: 100px;
}
.menu,
.menu ul,
.menu li,
.menu a {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: none;
outline: none;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.menu {
margin-top: -8px;
height: 50px;
width: 100%;
position: absolute; right: 0; left: 0;
text-align: left;
background: rgb(63,76,107); /* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%, rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(63,76,107,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(63,76,107,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(63,76,107,1) 0%,rgba(63,76,107,1) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#3f4c6b', endColorstr='#3f4c6b',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px #000000;
-webkit-border-radius: 1px;
-moz-border-radius: 1px;
border-radius: 1px;
}
.menu li {
position: relative;
list-style: none;
float: left;
display: block;
height: 40px;
}
.menu li a { /* Navigation Bar text */
display: block;
padding: 0 20px;
margin: 15px 0;
line-height: 15px;
text-decoration: none;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
color: red;
/* text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.3); */
-webkit-transition: color .4s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: color .4s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: color .4s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: color .4s ease-in-out;
transition: color .4s ease-in-out;
}
.menu li:first-child a{ border-left: none; }
.menu li:last-child a{ border-right: none; }
.menu li:hover > a { text-decoration: underline; }
.menu li#navbar-logo:hover > a { text-decoration: none; }
.menu ul {
position: absolute;
top: 35px;
left: 0;
opacity: 0;
background: rgba(63,76,107,1);
border-left: 1px solid #393942;
border-bottom: 1px solid #393942;
border-right: 1px solid #393942;
-webkit-border-radius: 0 0 2px 2px;
-moz-border-radius: 0 0 2px 2px;
border-radius: 0 0 2px 2px;
-webkit-transition: opacity .75s ease .1s;
-moz-transition: opacity .75s ease .1s;
-o-transition: opacity .75s ease .1s;
-ms-transition: opacity .75s ease .1s;
transition: opacity .75s ease .1s;
}
.menu li:hover > ul {
opacity: 1;
}
.menu ul li {
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
-webkit-transition: height .25s ease .1s;
-moz-transition: height .25s ease .1s;
-o-transition: height .25s ease .1s;
-ms-transition: height .25s ease .1s;
transition: height .25s ease .1s;
}
.menu li:hover > ul li {
height: 35px;
overflow: visible;
padding: 0;
}
.menu ul li a {
width: 100px;
padding: 10px 0 10px 10px;
margin: 0;
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #353539;
}
.menu ul li:last-child a {
border: none;
}
.menu li#navbar-logo,
.menu li#navbar-about,
.menu li#navbar-shop,
.menu li#navbar-contact,
.menu li#navbar-community {
margin-top: 5px;
}
.menu li#navbar-logo {
margin-top: 3px;
}
.menu li#navbar-logo,
.menu li#navbar-about,
.menu li#navbar-shop,
.menu li#navbar-contact,
.menu li#navbar-community {
margin-left: -13px;
margin-right: 5px;
}
.menu li#navbar-about,
.menu li#navbar-shop,
.menu li#navbar-contact,
.menu li#navbar-community {
margin-left: 5px;
margin-right: 5px;
}
#navbar-logo a{
color: #FFC8C8;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px rgba(255, 0, 0, 1);
font-size: 50px;
font-family: Intrique Script Personal Use;
}
HTML
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Title of Webpage</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav class="navbar">
<ul class="menu">
<li id="navbar-logo">Arc Studios</li>
<li id="navbar-about">About Us
<ul>
<li>FAQ's</li>
<li>Our Inception</li>
<li>Locations</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="navbar-shop">Store
<ul>
<li>Games</li>
<li>OS's</li>
<li>Other</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="navbar-contact">Contact
<ul>
<li>Email</li>
<li>Help Centre</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="navbar-community">Community
<ul>
<li>Forums</li>
<li>Events</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<br></br>
<footer class="footer">
<p><small>© Copyright 2013, All rights reserved</small></p>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
I'm new to HTML, excuse me.

Answer 1

You would need to decrease the padding in the .menu li a style as they are still block type elements, and specifying white-space: nowrap; will not make a difference, because the menu items are split between the li's.

Answer 2

Remove the overflow:hidden; to show the entire logo.
As for the wrapping, if you don't want any collapsing, you need to set a min-width or a fixed width on ul.menu.
Otherwise, you could use media queries to adjust the sizing of the menu links at certain breakpoints.