Answers for "bootstrap 5 icon vertical text align"

bootstrap 4 material icon vertical align

.footer-links > li > a > i{
  vertical-align:middle;
}

bootstrap 5 vertical align

<span class="align-baseline">baseline</span><span class="align-top">top</span><span class="align-middle">middle</span><span class="align-bottom">bottom</span><span class="align-text-top">text-top</span><span class="align-text-bottom">text-bottom</span>