<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <title>Padding</title>
  <style>
    body {
        color:#000000;
        background-color:#ffffff;
        font-family:arial, verdana, sans-serif; 
        font-size:12px;}

    .a, .b  {border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; border-width:2px; width:100px;}
    .b      {padding:15px;}
  </style>
</head>

<body>
<h1>padding Property</h1>
<p class="a">Without padding between the edge of this paragraph and its border, this text is harder to read.</p>
<p class="b">With padding between the edge of this paragraph and its border, this text is easier to read.</p>
</body>
</html>