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text with line background

by CBroe

HTML

<h1><span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadip&shy;scing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor.</span></h1>
<p><span>Invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</span></p>
<p><span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.</span></p>
<p><span>At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</span></p>

CSS

* { margin:0; padding:0; box-sizing:border-box; }
html { min-height:100vh; padding:5vmin; line-height:1.5; background:#ccf url(http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-1025004-galleryV9-fubh-1025004.jpg) no-repeat center; background-size:cover; }
h1, p { overflow:hidden; }
h1:not(:first-child), p:not(:first-child) { margin-top:.25em; }
h1:not(:last-child), p:not(:last-child) { margin-bottom:.5em; }
h1, p { padding:0 .25em; color:rgba(255,255,255,.75); background:-webkit-linear-gradient(top,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 10%,rgba(0,0,0,.5) 10%,rgba(0,0,0,.5) 96%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 96%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%); background-size:auto 1.5em;  }
span { border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.75); }