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: 
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alancalvitti
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Style[Pane[" Test "], White, Background -> Lighter@Blue]
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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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1@alancalvitti Add that request to the question. I tried to answer it in its current state – Dr. belisarius Jul 21 '12 at 19:23
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@alancalvitti See edit – Dr. 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]
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