I’m noticing some odd behavior with a span tag - if I happen to make the span element float, the padding around the text appears to increase, but why exactly?
No float:
http://www.burntscarlet.com/_test/help_forums/Kirupa/span_button.html
Float left:
http://www.burntscarlet.com/_test/help_forums/Kirupa/span_button_float.html