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HTML

<h1 class="three"><span>Heading Number Three</span></h1>
  
  <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
  
  <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>

CSS

body { font-family: "Open Sans Condensed", sans-serif; text-align: center; background: transparent; padding: 10px 40px;}
  
  p {
    text-align: left;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    line-height: 24px;
  }

  h1 {
    position: relative;
    margin-top: 20px;
  }
  
  h1.three {
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#ffffff 0%, #ffffff 49%, #000000 50%, #000000 51%, #ffffff 52%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(#ffffff 0%, #ffffff 49%, #000000 50%, #000000 51%, #ffffff 52%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #ffffff), color-stop(49%, #ffffff), color-stop(50%, #000000), color-stop(51%, #000000), color-stop(52%, #ffffff), color-stop(100%, #ffffff));
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#ffffff 0%, #ffffff 49%, #000000 50%, #000000 51%, #ffffff 52%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#ffffff 0%, #ffffff 49%, #000000 50%, #000000 51%, #ffffff 52%, #ffffff 100%);
    background: linear-gradient(#ffffff 0%, #ffffff 49%, #000000 50%, #000000 51%, #ffffff 52%, #ffffff 100%);
  }
  
  h1.three span {
    background: #fff;
    padding: 0 20px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 5;
  }