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HTML
<span style="font-size:18px; font-weight:bold;" class="test">8342</span>
CSS
.pwn{
border: 2px solid black ;
display: inline;
}
JavaScript
var text= $(".test").html();
$(".test").html('');
for(i=0;i<=text.length-1; i++)
{
var html = text.substr(i,1);
var sp="<span style='font-size:18px; font-weight:bold;' class='pwn'>" + html
sp+=" </span> ";
$(".test").append(sp);
}