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HTML
<p class="text">
text
</p>
CSS
html, body {
position: relative;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
font-family: monospace;
display: flex;
}
p.text {
align-self: center;
margin: 0 auto;
}
p::before {
content: '+';
font-size: 20rem;
line-height: 1;
height: 1.15em;
text-align: center;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(45deg);
opacity: 0.1;
}