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HTML

<div id="container">
  <span class="word">
    <span>T</span>
    <span>e</span>
    <span>s</span>
    <span>t</span>
  </span>
    <span class="word">
    <span>f</span>
    <span>ü</span>
    <span>r</span>
  </span>
  <span class="word">
    <span>T</span>
    <span>e</span>
    <span>x</span>
    <span>t</span>
  </span>
</div>

CSS

body{
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: arial;
}
#container{
  position: relative;
  background-color: #ccc;
  width: 370px;
  height: 200px;
  text-align: center;
}

#container .word {
  margin-right: 30px;
}

#container span:not(.word){
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 7px 0px;
  width: 30px;
  background-color: white;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 5px;
  border-radius: 15px;
}