<p><span style="background: #000; color: #fff;
line-height: 2em; padding: 0 10px;">These words will have a
background color 2em high and white text.</span> These will
not.</p>
<p><span style="background: #000; color: #f00;
line-height: 2em; font-weight: bold; padding: 0
10px;">These words will have a background color 2em high
and in red text.</span> These will not.</p>