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When highlighting text using Style and Background, as in Style["Test ", White, Background -> Lighter@Blue] is there a way to pad (ie, enlarge) the bounding box?

The bottom of the background seems coincident with the base of the text: here

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Style[Pane[" Test "], White, Background -> Lighter@Blue]

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Edit

Controlling the padding:

Style[Pane[" Test ", ImageMargins -> 10], White,  Background -> Lighter@Blue]
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Ok that works. But is there no way to parametrically control size? (Other than rendering an independent Rectangle) – alancalvitti Jul 21 '12 at 19:22
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@alancalvitti Add that request to the question. I tried to answer it in its current state – belisarius Jul 21 '12 at 19:23
@alancalvitti See edit – belisarius Jul 21 '12 at 19:25
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You could play with the FrameMargins ...

Framed[Style["Test", White], FrameStyle -> None, FrameMargins -> 2, 
 Background -> Lighter@Blue]

test

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Thank you, so Framed it is. – alancalvitti Jul 21 '12 at 19:51

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