CSS/[removed] How to draw minimal border around an inline element?

Question

Consider the following HTML:

This is a potentially large paragraph of text, which may get 
wrapped onto several lines when displayed in          


        

Answer 1

Consider adding an outline, not border http://jsfiddle.net/tarabyte/z9THQ/

span {
  outline: 2px solid black;   
}

Firefox draws outline between lines. There is a workarond: http://jsfiddle.net/z9THQ/2/

.wrapped {
   outline: 2px solid black;
}

.wrapped span {
    border: 1px solid white;
    background-color: white;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1000;
}

<p>
   This is a potentially large paragraph of text, which 
      <span class="wrapped"><span> 
        may get wrapped onto several lines when displayed in the browser. I would like to be able to draw a minimal
      </span></span> 
   box round the span
</p>