Move up character displayed inline

Not sure about IE6, but it seems like the following should get you close to what you want.

.raquo {
  font-size: 10px;
  vertical-align:middle; 
}

Just make font-size whatever you need, vertical align should set it to the middle of the line-height.

.raquo {
    position:relative;
    top:-2px;
}

worked best for me