anchor wont extend to length of div

[ttriana]

Ok well i have a bit of a problem, im trying to create a horizontal navigation bar that is also fluid. The only problem is that the anchor doesn't extend all the way down to the bottom of the div (it looks ok with smaller fonts but as font size increases it becomes more obvious) . I tried fixing this by adjusting the height of the anchor to 100% but this along with the padding that was already in place to center the text caused the anchor to extend past its container. if I remove the padding then the text sits at the top rather then the middle. Is there any way to get this to work

Heres the css for the navigation area:

div#nav{
padding: 0px;
height: 2.8em;
width: 100%;
background-color: rgb(201,146,65);
}

ul#navlist{
height: 43px;
background-color: rgb(201,146,65);
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 0.7em;
}

ul#navlist li{
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
display: inline;
background-color: rgb(201,146,65);
margin: 0;
}

ul#navlist a {
padding-left: 15px;
padding-right: 15px;
padding-top: 1.4em;
padding-bottom: 1.3em;
display: block;
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}

ul#navlist a:hover {
background-color:rgb(134,61,23);
}


here's an image that shows the space between the anchor and the bottom of the div:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/tonytriana/img2.png

like i said it's small but get bigger with increased text size

[Game Makker]

Woe that is confusing. It might help to see you html but other than that I haven't got a clue.