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The so-called box model of CSS describes the space that is taken up by an HTML element. In this model, each element consists of four boxes: content, padding, border, and margin, as illustrated in Figure 16-1.

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Olsson, M. (2014). Box model. In: CSS Quick Syntax Reference Guide. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6491-0_16

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