Headline Background

by Annett

HTML

<div class="greenbox">
    <a href="#"><span><span>
        The Title Goes Here, with overflow
    </span></span></a>
</div>

CSS

.greenbox {width:500px; height:200px; position:relative; background:green}

.greenbox > a {
    font: 50px sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.14;
    padding: 0;
    border-left: 20px solid #000;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 60px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff
}
.greenbox > a > span {
    background: #000
}
.greenbox > a > span > span {
    position: relative;
    left: -10px
}