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HTML
<div id="spacer">
</div>
CSS
#spacer {
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' height='20px' width='45px'><text x='0' y='10' fill='red' font-size='14'>Spacer</text></svg>");
width: 100%;
height: 17px;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}