Wordpress Menu UL height - css

Question

I have some pretty good experince coding my own UL's but I'm relatively new to wordpress. Confusing to me to work backwards especially when I can't see the html. Anyway I'm using the cufon WP plugin to change the font in the menu. but....with the size I want the font, it shrinks the list item as well as the a:hover. There is somehting in the padding i presume, but I can't find it. you can see what I mean here http://www.thedailyminx.com
here is the menu's css
#navbar {
float: left;
display: block;
background: #bfbcc6;
color: #000000;
width: 978px;
height: 30px;
font-size: 25px;
font-family: 'jc-hand';
margin: 15px auto 15px;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
position: relative;
z-index: 9;
}
/*** ESSENTIAL STYLES ***/
.menu, .menu * {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.menu {
line-height: 1.0;
}
.menu ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.menu ul ul, ul.menu ul {
position: absolute;
top: -9999px;
width: 160px; /* left offset of submenus need to match (see below) */
}
.menu ul li ul li, ul.menu ul li {
width: 100%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.menu li:hover {
visibility: inherit; /* fixes IE7 'sticky bug' */
}
.menu li {
float: left;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
.menu a {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
.menu li:hover ul,
.menu li.sfHover ul {
left: 0;
top: 30px; /* match top ul list item height */
z-index: 99;
}
ul.menu li:hover li ul,
ul.menu li.sfHover li ul {
top: -9999px;
}
ul.menu li li:hover ul,
ul.menu li li.sfHover ul {
left: 160px; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}
ul.menu li li:hover li ul,
ul.menu li li.sfHover li ul {
top: -9999px;
}
ul.menu li li li:hover ul,
ul.menu li li li.sfHover ul {
left: 160px; /* match ul width */
top: 0;
}
/*** SKIN ***/
.menu .current_page_item a,
.menu .current_page_ancestor a,
.menu .current-menu-item a,
.menu .current-cat a {
background: #333333;
color: #FFFFFF;
border-left: 1px solid #333333;
border-right: 1px solid #333333;
}
.menu li .current_page_item a, .menu li .current_page_item a:hover,
.menu li .current-menu-item a, .menu li .current-menu-item a:hover,
.menu li .current-cat a, .menu li .current-cat a:hover {
background: #333333 !important;
color: #FFFFFF !important;
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
}
.menu {
float: left;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.menu a {
color: #000000;
background: none;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 12px 0px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
letter-spacing: 0.1px;
line-height: 30px;
border-right: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
border-left: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
}
.menu li li a {
display: block;
background: #F5F5F5 !important;
color: #000000 !important;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
font-size: 25px;
line-height: 30px;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: none;
text-shadow: none;
letter-spacing: 0px;
border-right: none !important;
border-left: none !important;
}
.menu li, .menu li li, .menu li li li {
background: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.menu li:hover, .menu li.sfHover {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.menu a:focus, .menu a:hover, .menu a:active {
background: #333333;
color: #FFFFFF;
border-right: 1px solid #333333;
border-left: 1px solid #333333;
outline: 0;
}
.menu li li:hover, .menu li li.sfHover {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
.menu li li a:focus, .menu li li a:hover, .menu li li a:active {
background: #EEEEEE !important;
color: #333333 !important;
border: none;
outline: 0;
}
can anyone help me out?
Thanks
Greg

Answer 1

ditch the inline height styling of cufon and set it in your stylesheet to 30px