Prevent padding from increasing size - css

Question

Here's a sample:
div {
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 12px;
background: tan;
}
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</div>
Is there a way to prevent padding from increasing the size of the div? Some threads suggest using box-sizing: border-box, but it doesn't seem to work in this case.

Answer 1

Replace it with margin by adding an extra div
div.box {
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background: tan;
}
div.box div {
margin: 12px;
}
<div class="box">
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</div>
</div>
Or consider some hack with pseudo element:
div.box {
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background: tan;
padding: 0 15px; /* horizontal padding */
}
div.box:before,
div.box:after {
content: "";
display: block;
height: 12px; /* vertical padding */
}
<div class="box">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor
in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</div>

Answer 2

If you are there for extra space, you can use {margin} instead which will only add space outside of the ““ box. Also if you want spacing between the text, you can use css property {line-height}.