How to vertically align all text in CSS?

var elems = document.querySelectorAll(".avatar");

var fixes = [];


for (var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
  var current = elems[i];
  domtoimage.toPixelData(current)
    .then(function(im) {
      /* Search for the top limit */
      var t = 0;
      for (var y = 0; y < current.scrollHeight; ++y) {
        for (var x = 0; x < current.scrollWidth; ++x) {
          var j = (4 * y * current.scrollHeight) + (4 * x);
          if (im[j] == 255 && im[j + 1] == 255 && im[j + 2] == 255) {
            t = y;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      /* Search the bottom limit*/
      var b = 0;
      for (var y = (current.scrollHeight - 1); y >= 0; --y) {
        for (var x = (current.scrollWidth - 1); x >= 0; --x) {
          var j = (4 * y * current.scrollHeight) + (4 * x);
          if (im[j] == 255 && im[j + 1] == 255 && im[j + 2] == 255) {
            b = current.scrollHeight - y;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      /* get the difference and apply a translation*/
      var diff = (b - t)/2;
      fixes.push(diff);
      /* we apply the translation when all are calculated*/
      if(fixes.length == elems.length) {
        for (var k = 0; k < elems.length; k++) {
          elems[k].querySelector('.character').style.transform = "translateY(" + fixes[k] + "px)";
        }
      }
    });
}

.avatar {
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: inline-flex;
  vertical-align:top;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 125px;
  height: 125px;
  font-size: 60px;
  background: 
    linear-gradient(red,red) center/100% 1px no-repeat,
    rgb(81, 75, 93);
  font-family: "Segoe UI";
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.character {
  color: #fff;
}

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<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">W</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">y</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character" style="font-size:35px">a</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character" style="font-size:25px">2</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">o</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">|</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">@</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">Â</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character" style="font-family:arial">Q</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">~</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">8</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">ä</div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">ç</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">$</div>
</div>

<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">></div>
</div>
<div class="avatar">
  <div class="character">%</div>
</div>