Long description for illustration of margin/border behavior on split inline box Long description for illustration of margin/border behavior on split inline box This diagram illustrates the behavior of margins, borders, and padding at the split points of an inline box. The illustration shows the rendering of the HTML example preceding the image in the main document, the paragraph "Several emphasized words appear here." The inline box containing the words "emphasized text" is split between the words. At the split point, padding, borders (dashed to emphasize them), and margins are not rendered. Return to image.