Use border the wrap around a paragraph
<head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <style rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> .box { background-color: #EDF1F2; border: 1px solid #BFCAD5; padding: 10px; font-size: 0.9em; color: #6A849D; } .box h2 { color: #993333; font-size: 1.2em; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="box"> <h2>Lorem Ipsum </h2> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.. </p> </div> </body> </html>