<!DOCTYPE HTML> <style> div { margin-top: 0; font-size: 12px; width: 450px } #center-block { max-height: 400px; } #center-col { background: yellow } p { margin-top: 0px; } </style> <!-- Because the max height is constrained, this should not be inflated. --> <div id="center-block"> <div id="center-col"> <p>Life and death, dreaming and wakefulness: stations for the perplexed soul. It traverses them by stage, taking signs and hints from things, groping about in the sea of darkness, clinging stubbornly to a hope that smilingly and mysteriously renews itself. Traveler, what are you searching for? What emotions rage in your heart?</p> </div> </div>