How to display items with a font size greater than 14px

i would like to display items with a font size greater than
14px in a list. The font size itself is not the problem, but the font descent is still truncated. i defined for each item in the list the "top" property in css by using:

#myList-item-0 { top: 3px }
#myList-item-1 { top: 23px }
#myList-item-2 { top: 43px }

but unfortunately the font-descent is still truncated.
i tested a couple of variations with height, font-size... in the style, but without any success.
any clue ?

The text is vertically aligned to the middle of the list item. If you increase the font size you have to increase the item height as well -

.aw-list-item {
    height: 24px;
    font-size: 16px;
}

You can also move the text up or down with position:relative and top:... rules

.aw-list-item .aw-item-text {
    position: relative;
    top: -4px;
}