Inline multi-line text background

Inline multi-line text with partial text highlighted with a consistent background

by mzilverberg

HTML

<div class="text">
  Lorem ipsum <em><span class="accent">dolor sit</span></em> amet
</div>

SCSS

.text {
  /* min-width: 320px; */
  text-align: center;
  font: 700 3em/1.1 Arial, sans-serif;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}


em {
  font-style: normal;
  display: block;
  
  @media (min-width: 768px) /* for example */ {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 .33em;
  }
}


.accent {
  display: inline;
  background: blue;
  padding: .1em 0;
  box-shadow: .33em 0 0 $background, -.33em 0 0 $background;
  color: white;
}
/* Modern browsers */
@supports (-webkit-box-decoration-break: clone) or (box-decoration-break: clone) {
  .accent {
    padding: .1em .33em;
    box-shadow: none;
    -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone;
    -o-box-decoration-break: clone;
    box-decoration-break: clone;
  }
}