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Option 1

display: table;

• no parent required

h1 { display: table; /* keep the background color wrapped tight */ margin: 0px auto 0px auto; /* keep the table centered */ padding:5px;font-size:20px;background-color:green;color:#ffffff; } <h1>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1>

fiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/J7VBV/293/

more

display: table tells the element to behave as a normal HTML table would.

More about it at w3schools, CSS Tricks and here

Option 2

display: inline-flex;

• requires text-align: center; on parent

.container { text-align: center; /* center the child */ } h1 { display: inline-flex; /* keep the background color wrapped tight */ padding:5px;font-size:20px;background-color:green;color:#ffffff; } <div class="container"> <h1>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1> </div>

Option 3

display: flex;

• requires a flex parent container

.container { display: flex; justify-content: center; /* center the child */ } h1 { display: flex; /* margin: 0 auto; or use auto left/right margin instead of justify-content center */ padding:5px;font-size:20px;background-color:green;color:#ffffff; } <div class="container"> <h1>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1> </div>

about

Probably the most popular guide to Flexbox and one I reference constantly is at CSS Tricks

Option 4

display: block;

• requires a flex parent container

.container { display: flex; justify-content: center; /* centers child */ } h1 { display: block; padding:5px;font-size:20px;background-color:green;color:#ffffff; } <div class="container"> <h1>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1> </div>

Option 5

::before

• requires entering words in css file (not very practical)

h1 { display: flex; /* set a flex box */ justify-content: center; /* so you can center the content like this */ } h1::before { content:'The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones'; /* the content */ padding: 5px;font-size: 20px;background-color: green;color: #ffffff; } <h1></h1>

fiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/J7VBV/457/

about

More about css pseudo elements ::before and ::after at CSS Tricks and pseudo elements in general at w3schools

Option 6

display: inline-block;

• centering with position: absolute and translateX

• requires a position: relative parent

.container { position: relative; /* required for absolute positioned child */ } h1 { display: inline-block; /* keeps container wrapped tight to content */ position: absolute; /* to absolutely position element */ top: 0; left: 50%; /* part1 of centering with translateX/Y */ transform: translateX(-50%); /* part2 of centering with translateX/Y */ white-space: nowrap; /* text lines will collapse without this */ padding:5px;font-size:20px;background-color:green;color:#ffffff; } <h1>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1>

about

More on centering with transform: translate(); (and centering in general) in this CSS tricks article

Option 7

text-shadow: and box-shadow:

• not what the OP was looking for but maybe helpful to others finding their way here.

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {display: table;margin: 10px auto;padding: 5px;font-size: 20px;color: #ffffff;overflow:hidden;} h1 { text-shadow: 0 0 5px green,0 0 5px green, 0 0 5px green,0 0 5px green, 0 0 5px green,0 0 5px green, 0 0 5px green,0 0 5px green; } h2 { text-shadow: -5px -5px 5px green,-5px 5px 5px green, 5px -5px 5px green,5px 5px 5px green; } h3 { color: hsla(0, 0%, 100%, 0.8); text-shadow: 0 0 10px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 0.5), 0 0 10px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 0.5), 0 0 10px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 0.5), 0 0 5px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 1), 0 0 5px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 1), 0 0 5px hsla(120, 100%, 25%, 1); } h4 { /* overflow:hidden is the key to this one */ text-shadow: 0px 0px 35px green,0px 0px 35px green, 0px 0px 35px green,0px 0px 35px green; } h5 { /* set the spread value to something larger than you'll need to use as I don't believe percentage values are accepted */ box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1000px green; } <h1>The First Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h1> <h2>The 2nd Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h2> <h3>The 3rd Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h3> <h4>The Last Will and Testament of Eric Jones</h4> <h5>The Last Box and Shadow of Eric Jones</h5>

fiddle

https://jsfiddle.net/Hastig/t8L9Ly8o/

More Options

There are a few other ways to go about this by combining the different display options and centering methods above.