CSS - apply padding to inline element across two lines

Question

I have to create a style to apply a background color and padding to a header element, resulting the following intended appearance (Photoshop mock-up):

My CSS

Answer 1

Demo here : http://jsfiddle.net/korigan/jzm3qu1q/1/

HTML

 

     

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CSS

.wrap {
    width: 150px;
}
.highlight {
    color: #fff;
    display: inline;
    background: blue;
    font-size: 25px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.2;
}
.highlight .text {
        padding: 4px;
        box-shadow: 4px 0 0 blue, -4px 0 0 blue;
        background-color: blue;
        box-decoration-break: clone; /* For Firefox */
}