Block and inline 3

Applying display: inline-block.
HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Block and inline boxes 3</title>
	<style>
		body {
			font: 80% arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
		}
		
		h1 {
			font-size: 1.5em;
		}
		
		h2 {
			font-size: 1em;
		}
		
		code {
			font-family: courier;
		}
		
		#example2, #example3 {
			background: #ccc;
			border: 2px solid black;
		}

		span {
			background: white;
			display: inline;
			border: 0.5em solid red;
			padding: 1em;
			margin: 0.5em;
		}
		
		span.altern8 {
			background: #5b5;
		}
		
		#example3 span {
			display: inline-block;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<h1>Block and inline boxes (with padding, border and margin)</h1>
	<p>Each of these examples contains the same HTML, but the elements in the first are set to <code>display: inline</code> and the elements in the second are set to <code>display: inline-block</code>.</p>

	<h2>Inline</h2>
	<p id="example2"><span>This</span><span class="altern8">That</span><span>The Other</span><span class="altern8">4</span></p>

	<h2>Inline-Block</h2>
	<p id="example3"><span>This</span><span class="altern8">That</span><span>The Other</span><span class="altern8">4</span></p>

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</body>
</html>
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