[gb2world]

You can use webmaster mode to make sure I am answering correctly, but I believe secure_login.tpl will probably call buttons/button.tpl, and that is where you will see the class getting set.

If you modify button.tpl, you have to be careful because it is sharing code with other buttons. When you look around the forum - you will see many people just create their own version of button.tpl for various reasons. It seems to me that the <font class="VertMenuItems"> in there is redundant and causes problems with the css settings you want, but I can't be sure for what situation they want that <font> code there.

Another option: in secure_login.tpl - you might try just making the link in there without calling button.tpl