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HTML

<div class="menu">
    <a href="#">Link 1</a>
     <a href="#">Link 2</a> 
     <a href="#">Link 3</a> 
     <a href="#">Link 4</a> 
</div>

CSS

.menu {
    background: red;
    font-size: 0;
    word-spacing: -9000px;
}
.menu a {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 8px 10px;
    font-size: 13px;
    word-spacing: 0;
    background: cyan;
}