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In HTML, is there a way to evenly distribute text that is broken across multiple lines?

E.g., I don't want:

   Here is some really long label that ends up on
   two lines.

I'd prefer:

                  Here is some really long label 
                      that ends up on two lines.
+1  A: 

In pure HTML/CSS there isn't a way to accomplish this, because there is no way to measure the length of the line.

One way to do this would be with javascript, but you will end up with a FOBUC while the javascript calculates the line length and splits it accordingly.

The best way to avoid that would be to split the line with PHP/ASP/Whatever you're using.

King Isaac
Well, "the best way" is unsound in the face of varying fonts and (probably) limited width. For instance, FireFox has minimum font size option, which would likely screw such setup.
doublep
A: 

I think you can achieve that if you set fixed width of the element-container and play with padding properties.

bancer