highlight text that does not go all the way down

Hi! Does anyone know how to add a highlight behind text that doesn't go all the way down to the bottom of the text? I'd like the highlight to just go slightly below the letters that don't drop down, for example, just below an "e" but not all the way down to the bottom of  "p." Here is the code I used which works to highlight the bottom half-ish of the letters.

h1 strong {background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #F1F4F9 65%, #FC7d5ex 30%); font-

weight:normal}

Here's a picture in case I typed in anything wrong. 

I've also seen it done with "180deg" instead of "to bottom"

What should I put there to make the highlight not go down so far? Thank you!!!

27 minutes ago, janerschwartz said:

Hi! Does anyone know how to add a highlight behind text that doesn't go all the way down to the bottom of the text? I'd like the highlight to just go slightly below the letters that don't drop down, for example, just below an "e" but not all the way down to the bottom of  "p." Here is the code I used which works to highlight the bottom half-ish of the letters.

h1 strong {background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #F1F4F9 65%, #FC7d5ex 30%); font-

weight:normal}

Here's a picture in case I typed in anything wrong. 

I've also seen it done with "180deg" instead of "to bottom"

What should I put there to make the highlight not go down so far? Thank you!!!

 

 

 

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