Display inline block the right way to achieve this - css

Question

I have the following CSS lines:
.liquid {
display: inline-block;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: #ff8125;
margin-right: 15px;
}
<h2 class="liquid">Liquid</h2>
It should look like this:
http://imgur.com/B9vblUP
But instead looks like this:
http://imgur.com/8RQTkcO
What am i doing wrong here and how to get it exactly like the first pic?
I tried overflow hidden but that only shows Liquid in 25x25 on the block and the rest is not showing.
Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Majin Buu

Answer 1

I think you should create another element for the orange square instead of editing the class of the h2 element because the background attribute it will be applied on that element, so I would make something like:
<div class="liquid"></div>
<h2>Liquid</h2>
.liquid {
float: left;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: #ff8125;
margin-right: 15px;
}
To have the square floating to the left of the element.

Answer 2

Check out CSS position!
.liquid {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: #ff8125;
}
h2 {
position: relative;
margin-left: 30px;
}
<div class="liquid"></div><h2>Liquid</h2>

Answer 3

Use html like this
<div class="bg_white">
<span class="liquid"> </span><h2>Liquid</h2>
</div>
CSS
.bg_white{background:white; padding:5px; width:auto; float:left;}
.liquid {
display: inline-block;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: #ff8125;
margin-right: 15px;
float:left;
font-size:18px;
}
.bg_white h2{float:left; margin:0px;}

Answer 4

Pseudo element is better for this solution:
h2 {
background: #eee;
padding: 5px;
display:inline-block;
}
.liquid::before {
content:'';
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 25px;
height: 25px;
background: #ff8125;
margin-right: 15px;
}
<h2 class="liquid">Liquid</h2>

Answer 5

You are styling the font part of the wanted result itself. You should either add an element for the orange square or use a pseudo element. This will get you in the right direction.
.liquid {
line-height: 1;
}
.liquid:before {
background: #ff8125;
content: ''; /* important for pseudo elements */
display: inline-block;
height: .9em;
margin-right: .45em;
position: relative;
top: .1em;
width: .9em;
}
<h2 class="liquid">Liquid</h2>

Answer 6

you can use below CSS for this if text is small and always in one line.
.liquid {
display: inline-block;
padding-left: 10px;
border-left: 25px solid #ff8125;
margin-right: 15px;
font: 25px/25px Arial;
font-weight: bold;
}
<h2 class="liquid">Liquid</h2>