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HTML
<p class="text">
text
</p>
CSS
html, body {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 100%;
min-height: 100vh;
}
p {
font-size: 2em;
color: red;
position: relative;
}
p:before {
content: '+';
color: #333;
font-size: 20rem;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}