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HTML

<div class="title">
  <span>
    Giving text lines a background
    <br>
    color with configurable
    <br>
    padding and margin.
  </span>
</div>

CSS

body {
  padding: 10px;
  
  font-size: 25px;
  font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
}

.title span {
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px #fff; /* Tune line "padding" here */
  background-color: #fff;
  line-height: 2.2; /* Tune line "margin" here */
}