<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Reference</title>
<style>
.clamp {
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  font: 16px / 32px serif;
  white-space: pre;
  padding: 0 4px;
  background-color: yellow;
}
.big {
  font-weight: bold;
  border-top: 2px solid blue;
  padding: 20px 0;
}
</style>
<div class="clamp"><div class="item">Line 1
Line 2
Line 3 <span class="big">BIG</span>…</div></div>
<p>Following content.</p>